Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis
Kenji Kano, Osamu Shirai, Yuki Kitazumi, Kento Sakai, Hong Qi XiaIt has been established that redox enzymes can also work as efficient electrocatalysts. Over the last four decades, redox enzymes have received much attention for its use in the coupling of enzyme reactions having such intrinsic and powerful characteristics with non-specific electrochemical reactions. The coupled reaction is known as bioelectrocatalysis. It is worthy to note that the coupling gives a variety of biological redox functions to conventional electrode materials, and it is expected to open new ways for a wealth of fundamental researches and developing bioelectrochemical devices relating to amperometric biosensors, biological fuel cells (which is simply referred to as biofuel cells), and bioelectrochemical reactors (bioelectrosynthetic devices).
This book covers the fundamental aspects of the chemistry and electrochemistry of redox enzymes which underline the titled topic. Described are the basic concepts and theoretical aspects of bioelectrocatalysis, the different experimental techniques and materials used to study and characterize related problems, and also its various applications to bioelectrochemical devices. This work provides a unique source of information in this area, approaching the subject from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint.