Development of Magnesium Anode-Based Transient Primary Batteries.

ABSTRACT: Biodegradable primary batteries, also known as transient batteries, are essential to realize autonomous biodegradable electronic devices with high performance and advanced functionality. In this work, magnesium, copper, iron, and zinc - metals that exist as trace elements in the human body - were tested as materials for biomedical transient electronic devices. Different full cell combinations of Mg and X (where X = Cu, Fe, and Zn and the anodized form of the metals) with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) as electrolyte were studied. To form the cathodes, metal foils were anodized galvanostatically at a current density of 2.0 mA cm^-2 for 30 mins. Electrochemical measurements were then conducted for each electrode combination to evaluate full cell battery performance. Results showed

SUBMITTER: Togonon JJH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028319 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature