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Muhammet Samet Kilic¹* and Seyda Korkut²

¹ Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Farabi Campus, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey

² Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Department of Environmental Engineering, Farabi Campus, İncivez, Zonguldak, Turkey

Abstract

Biofuel cells, which convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy by biochemical reactions, are of great interest to produce clean and renewable energy for mini/micro smart technological/medical devices. This chapter highlights the recent progresses in implantable and wearable biofuel cell technologies and their breakthrough applications in particularly living bodies. Many implantable and wearable biofuel cell researches collected from recently published articles are clearly and simply presented in this report. The sufficient and stable power output, long duration, conformability, mechanical resiliency, biocompatibility or rejection, biofouing and inflammation are addressed issues that need to be resolved before being converted into a commercial product for wearable and implantable enzymatic biofuel cells. It is expected that wearable and implantable devices powered by enzymatic biofuel cells would involve to real life thanks to collaborative efforts in the near future.

Keywords: Biofuel cell, wearable, Implantable, contact lens, tattoo-based EFC, textile-based EFC