Inverted battery design as ion generator for interfacing with biosystems

Chengwei Wang; Kun (Kelvin) Fu; Jiaqi Dai; Steven D. Lacey; Yonggang Yao; Glenn Pastel; Lisha Xu; Jianhua Zhang; Liangbing Hu

doi:10.1038/ncomms15609

Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Inverted battery design as ion generator for interfacing with biosystems

Chengwei Wang,
Kun (Kelvin) Fu,
Jiaqi Dai,
Steven D. Lacey,
Yonggang Yao,
Glenn Pastel,
Lisha Xu,
Jianhua Zhang,
Liangbing Hu

Affiliations

Chengwei Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Kun (Kelvin) Fu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Jiaqi Dai: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Steven D. Lacey: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Yonggang Yao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Glenn Pastel: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Lisha Xu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park
Jianhua Zhang: Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Liangbing Hu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15609
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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At the molecular level, biological activities involve the transport of ions in a system. Here the authors demonstrate an ‘electron battery’ by inverting the configuration of a traditional Li-ion battery to generate an ionic current to interact with a biosystem for potential biomedical applications.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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