Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 318, Issue -, Pages 163-169Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.03.109
Keywords
Paper microfluidics; Microfluidic fuel cell; Electrochemical sensor; Point-of-care (POC) diagnostic devices; Environmental sensor
Funding
- Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) [53133-UNI5]
- National Science Foundation [EEC-0812348, HRD-0934146]
- Direct For Education and Human Resources
- Division Of Human Resource Development [1547723] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Paper microfluidics is used to produce single layer galvanic and hybrid cells to produce energy that could power paper-based analytical sensors. When two aqueous streams are absorbed onto paper to establish co-laminar flow, the streams stay in contact with each other with limited mixing. The interface at which mixing occurs acts as a charge-transfer region, eliminating the need for a salt bridge. We designed a Cu-Zn galvanic cell that powers an LED when two are placed in series. We also used more powerful redox couples (formate and silver, formate and permanganate) to produce higher power density (18 and 3.1 mW mg(-1) Pd). These power densities are greater than previously reported paper microfluidic fuel cells using formate or methanol. The single layer design is much more simplified than previous reports of multi-layer galvanic cells on paper. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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