Glucose-Sensitive Biohybrid Roots for Supercapacitive Bioanodes.

ABSTRACT: Plants as living organisms, as well as their material-structural components and physiological processes, offer promising elements for developing more sustainable technologies. Previously, we demonstrated that plants could acquire electronic functionality, as their enzymatic activity catalyzes the in vivo polymerization of water-soluble conjugated oligomers. We then leveraged plant-integrated conductors to develop biohybrid energy storage devices and circuits. Here, we extend the concept of plant biohybrids to develop plant-based energy-harvesting devices. We demonstrate plant biohybrids with modified roots that can convert common root exudates, such as glucose, to electricity. To do so, we developed a simple one-step approach to convert living roots to glucose-sensitive electrodes by dippi

SUBMITTER: Dufil G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653237 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature