Fundamentals and Applications of Redox Enzyme-Functionalized Electrode Reactions

Abstract

Bioelectrocatalysis has been attracting great attention over the last five decades. It has become one of important research fields in electrochemistry and provided a firm base for an important technology that can be applied to a wide range of bioelectrochemical devices including biosensors, biofuel cells, and bioreactors. This article presents an overview of the basic concepts of mediated- and direct electron transfer (DET)-type bioelectrocatalysis. Important progresses made on how to improve the performance of bioelectrocatalysis are presented and applications to bioelectrochemical devices are briefed. Some prospective aspects are also described.