Premium
Biofuel Cells for Portable Power
Author(s) -
Gellett Wayne,
Kesmez Mehmet,
Schumacher Joshua,
Akers Nick,
Minteer Shelley D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.200980013
Subject(s) - power density , key (lock) , wireless , biofuel , energy harvesting , bandwidth (computing) , computer science , energy density , power (physics) , electrical engineering , automotive engineering , telecommunications , engineering , engineering physics , waste management , computer security , physics , quantum mechanics
The key operating characteristics of biofuel cells, high energy density and low power delivery, make them ideal power choices for military, industrial, and niche wireless sensor network applications. There is virtually universal demand for higher energy power supplies for wireless sensors to enable longer operation, more frequent data capture, and higher bandwidth sensing techniques such as video. Advanced biofuel cell technology has been demonstrated for such applications that is capable of 2–4×increase in energy density compared to incumbent batteries of a similar size.