Nanostructured conductance

Advances in nanostructured conducting materials for DET have resulted in impressive current densities for the ORR, and application of these three-dimensional materials to DET from MCOs other than CueO may provide biocathodes with the characteristics suitable for an implantable EFC. While a DET approach using MCOs can provide for ORR at potentials approaching the thermodynamic reduction potential for oxygen, the current density achievable in this approach still relies upon intimate contact, and correct orientation, ofthe MCO to a conducting surface. Use of a mediator, capable of close interaction with the TI site of the MCOs, and with a redox potential tailored to permit rapid electron transfer to the TI site, can eliminate the requirement for direct contact in the correct orientation between MCO and electrode, and offer the possibility of a three-dimensional biocatalytic reaction layer on electrodes for higher ORR current densities. 

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