A Disposable Microbial Battery Pack for Point-of-Care Testing in Resource-Limited Settings

Yang Gao1, Seokheun Choi1

  • 1State University of New York at Binghamton

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12:00 - 14:00 | Tue 7 Nov | Auditorium Foyer, E1/E2, Upper Atrium Space | TPO.29

Session: Lunch, Posters and POC Technologies Demonstrations – Session II

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Abstract

We created a disposable, paper-based microbial battery pack that can potentially deliver energy to the point-of-care (POC) diagnostic devices. The biobattery pack produced an open circuit voltage of 4.3V and a maximum power of 200µW through bacterial respiration. This work established an innovative strategy to revolutionize paper-based biobattery technology, which potentially makes energy available, even in resource-limited settings.