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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biofuel cell which can obtain high output by supplying liquid, such as water and commercially available beverages including glucose, ethanol or the like, which are easily procurable by users as a fuel solution.SOLUTION: In the biofuel cell, an electrode 1 becoming a reaction field of oxidation-reduction reaction of fuel using an oxidation-reduction enzyme as a catalyst, and an introduction port through which the liquid 3 supplied to the electrode 1 is introduced from the outside are arranged and installed, and at any point of a liquid flow site from the introduction port to the electrode 1, a material 2 causing the reaction is housed in a solid state.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell for preventing deterioration of output characteristics, lifetime, and efficiency or the like and for improving maintenance rate of current by preventing elution of an electronic mediator fixed to a positive electrode together with an enzyme, and its manufacturing method. SOLUTION: A positive electrode 2 of a bio-fuel cell is manufactured by contacting a solution, in which a hydrophobic electronic mediator such as ferrocene is dissolved in an organic solvent having phase separation with water, on the surface of an electrode on which an enzyme is fixed, after the enzyme is fixed on the surface of the electrode with gaps inside, and fixing the hydrophobic electronic mediator on the surface of the electrode. As the organic solvent which carries out phase separation with water, methyl-isobutyl ketone or the like is used. By containing a water repellent material in this solution, the water repellent material is formed on the surface of the electrode to make it water repellent. Carbon powder or the like is used as the water repellent material. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology for actually generating power even when using highly safe and accessible material, such as, food and drink items or garbage as fuel for a bio fuel cell. SOLUTION: A fuel reformer is used for the fuel cell which produces an electromotive force with the progress of oxidation-reduction reaction using enzyme as a catalyst and includes, at least a primary fuel inlet part for introducing primary fuel; a fuel-reforming part communicating with the primary fuel inlet part for reforming the primary fuel into secondary fuel which can release electrons by the oxidation-reduction reaction by using the enzyme as the catalyst; and a secondary fuel supply part communicating with the fuel reforming part for supplying the secondary fuel to the fuel cell. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell that, when an enzyme is immobilized on at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode, can obtain satisfactory buffering capability even during high-output operation, can satisfactorily exhibit capability inherent in the enzyme, and has excellent performance. SOLUTION: The fuel cell is a biofuel cell having a structure comprising a positive electrode 2 and a negative electrode 1 arranged opposite to each other through an electrolyte layer 3 containing a buffering substance, an enzyme being immobilized on at least one of the positive electrode 2 and the negative electrode 2. An imidazole ring-containing compound is included as a buffering substance in the electrolyte layer 3. Further, at least one acid selected from a group consisting of acetic acid, phosphoric acid, and sulfuric acid is added. For the imidazole ring-containing compound, imidazole, 1-methylimidazole, 2-methylimidazole, 4-methylimidazole, or 2-ethylimidazole is used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique which manufactures a fuel cell in which a redox enzyme is immobilized on at least one electrode of a negative electrode and a positive electrode as a catalyst, and in which a manufacturing method and a disposal method thereof are simple and design change such as downsizing can be easily achieved.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method of a fuel cell in which a redox enzyme is immobilized on at least one electrode of a negative electrode and a positive electrode as a catalyst comprises at least the steps of: printing an electrode material containing at least conductive particles on a surface of a bendable non-conductive sheet (electrode pattern preparing step); and creating a negative electrode and a positive electrode on the electrode pattern prepared in the electrode pattern preparing step by printing a prescribed redox enzyme (negative and positive electrode preparing step).
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biofuel cell capable of continuously obtaining high output by enhancing fuel concentration in a fuel solution.SOLUTION: A biofuel cell A is provided which includes; a negative electrode 3 as a reacting field of redox reaction of fuel containing oxidoreductase as a catalyst; a fuel holding part 32 which contactably supplies fuel held inside to the negative electrode 3; a waste liquid storage part 33 in which fuel after coming into contact with the negative electrode 3 is recovered and stored; and a heating part 5 which heats the inside of the fuel holding part 32 and/or the waste liquid storage part 33. In the biofuel cell A, the inside temperature of the fuel holding part 32 is heated by the heating part 5, and a fuel solution is condensed and the fuel concentration is enhanced by promoting evaporation of a solvent of the fuel solution.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biofuel cell capable of controlling the temperature of its electrode and an area in the vicinity thereof at a temperature optimum to a catalytic reaction.SOLUTION: To provide a biofuel cell A comprising: an electrode 2 which becomes a reaction field of an oxidation reduction reaction of fuel using an oxidoreductase as a catalyst; and an insulating heat conductive material 3 arranged in such a manner that at least a part of which contacts with the electrode 2, and at the same time at least a part of which is exposed to the outside of a battery case 1. In the biofuel cell A, the temperature of the electrode 2 and an area in the vicinity thereof can be controlled by bringing a hot-heat source or a cold-heat source in contact with the part of the insulating heat conductive material 3, the part being exposed to the outside of the battery case 1, thus transmitting hot-heat or cold-heat to the electrode 2.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell capable of preventing elution of nicotine amide adenine dinucleotide immobilized on an electrode and/or its derivative and capable of preventing performance degradation due to the elution, and to provide a method for manufacturing the fuel cell.SOLUTION: In a biofuel cell having such structure that a positive electrode and a negative electrode are opposed to each other through a proton conductor and is configured so as to extract electrons from fuel by using an enzyme, the negative electrode is composed of an electrode including carbon and/or an inorganic compound having holes whose sizes are 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less on the surface and nicotine amide adenine dinucleotide and/or its derivative is immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound. A carbon particle, a carbon sheet or a carbon fiber is used as carbon. Biocarbon, Ketjenblack, active carbon, or the like is used as the carbon particle. An enzyme necessary for enzyme reaction may be immobilized on the carbon through a pyrene derivative as necessary.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a fuel solution from leaking.SOLUTION: A valve control portion 20 of a fuel leak prevention structure includes first and second electrodes 3a, 3b. The first electrode 3a is fitted to a movable first member 2a, and when the first member 2a is moved by applying pressing force, the first and second electrodes 3a, 3b come into contact to feed electricity. The first and second electrodes 3a, 3b are connected to a controller 4, which opens a control valve 7 when the first and second electrodes 3a, 3b enter the electricity feed state. Thus, the control valve 7 is opened and closed with the pressing force, thereby easily supplying the fuel solution.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel card with built-in a fuel cell and a system that uses the card.SOLUTION: A card C is provided with at least a fuel supply part 2 exposed on the surface of the card, a fuel cell part 1 that is constructed so as to generate electric power by fuel introduced from the fuel supply part, and a display part 3 that is capable of displaying information including information about power generation by the fuel cell part 1. A card information processing system is constituted by an external device M1 (M2) constructed so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving electric signals through terminals 5 formed on the card C.