Self-Assembling Enzyme Networks—A New Path towards Multistep Bioelectrocatalytic Systems

摘要

Why are bioelectrochemical fuel cells so fascinating? Lying at the interface between microbiology, biochemistry, and electrochemistry, they enable biological systems such as living bacterial cells, their organelles, and their isolated redox enzymes to serve as electrocatalysts for the oxidation of compounds for which no chemical electrocatalyst exists. The bioelectrochemical energy conversion makes it possible to exploit waste compounds, and it usually takes place at ambient temperature and pressure and at neutral pH— features that are in line with the concepts of sustainability.