IP Library Patent Application 13982099
Patent Application
App. No. 13/982,099

FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE-IMMOBILIZED ELECTRODE, NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, ENZYME REACTION UTILIZATION DEVICE, PROTEIN-IMMOBILIZED ELECTRODE AND PROTEIN-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER

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13/982,099
Abstract

Provided is a fuel cell capable of preventing elution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof immobilized on an electrode, and capable of preventing performance degradation due to elution, and a method for manufacturing the fuel cell. A biofuel cell having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other via a proton conductor, the biofuel cell configured so that an enzyme is used to extract electrons from a fuel, wherein the negative electrode is configured from an electrode including carbon and/or an inorganic compound having pores with a size of 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less on the surface, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof being immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound. A carbon particle, a carbon sheet, or carbon fiber is used as the carbon.

Claims (44)

1 . A fuel cell comprising:

a positive electrode;

a negative electrode; and

a proton conductor provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode,

wherein the negative electrode is configured of an electrode which includes carbon and/or an inorganic compound having pores with a size of 2 nm or more to 100 nm or less on the surface, and in which nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof are immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound.

2 . The fuel cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the carbon and/or the inorganic compound further have pores with a size of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm on the surface.

3 . The fuel cell according to claim 2 ,

wherein the carbon and/or the inorganic compound have pores with a size of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm and pores with a size of 4 nm or more and 20 nm or less on the surface.

4 . The fuel cell according to claim 3 ,

wherein the carbon includes at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon particles, carbon sheets and carbon fibers.

5 . The fuel cell according to claim 4 ,

wherein the carbon particles include at least one selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, carbon black and biocarbon.

6 . The fuel cell according to claim 5 ,

wherein the electrode is formed of fibrous carbon.

7 . The fuel cell according to claim 6 ,

wherein an enzyme is further immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound and the fuel cell includes the enzyme and the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or the derivative.

8 . The fuel cell according to claim 7 ,

wherein the fuel cell includes a compound for enzyme immobilization having a portion to be bonded to the carbon and/or the inorganic compound and a portion to be bonded to the enzyme.

9 . The fuel cell according to claim 8 ,

wherein the compound for enzyme immobilization is at least one selected from the group consisting of molecules including biotin molecules, fluorescein and chirality and polycyclic aromatic compounds.

10 . The fuel cell according to claim 8 ,

wherein the compound for enzyme immobilization is a pyrene derivative.

11 . The fuel cell according to claim 8 ,

wherein the enzyme is bonded to the carbon and/or the inorganic compound via the compound for enzyme immobilization.

12 . The fuel cell according to claim 8 ,

wherein the compound for enzyme immobilization is bonded to the carbon and/or the inorganic compound inside the pore.

13 . The fuel cell according to claim 7 ,

wherein the enzyme is NAD + /NADH-dependent glucose dehydrogenase and diaphorase.

14 . The fuel cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inorganic compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrides, carbides, surfides, surfates, phosphates and chlorides.

15 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

one or a plurality of fuel cells,

wherein at least one fuel cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a proton conductor provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and

the negative electrode is configured of an electrode which includes carbon and/or an inorganic compound having pores with a size of 2 nm or more to 100 nm or less on the surface, and in which nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative thereof are immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound.

16 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 15 ,

wherein the carbon and/or the inorganic compound further have pores with a size of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm on the surface.

17 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein the carbon and/or the inorganic compound have pores with a size of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm and pores with a size of 4 nm or more and 20 nm or less on the surface.

18 . A nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-immobilized electrode that is configured of an electrode including carbon and/or an inorganic compound having pores with a size of 2 nm or more and 100 nm or less on the surface in which nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and/or a derivative are immobilized on the carbon and/or the inorganic compound.

19 . The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-immobilized electrode according to claim 18 ,

wherein the carbon and/or the inorganic compound further have pores with a size of 0.5 nm or more and less than 2 nm on the surface.

20 . The nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-immobilized electrode according to claim 19 ,

wherein a charge or at least a functional group having reactivity is given to the carbon and/or the inorganic compound.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044880/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: TOHOKU MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044881/0005 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2013
From: SAKAI, HIDEKI; FUJITA, SHUJI; MITA, HIROKI; YAMANOI, SHUN; TOKITA, YUICHI; TABATA, SEIICHIRO; SAMUKAWA, TSUNETOSHI; NAKAGAWA, TAKAAKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031598/0397 →