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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2006
Atsushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Hatakeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A porous electroconductive material is provided. The electroconductive material enables efficient enzymatic metabolic reactions on electrodes and yields electrodes having immobilized enzymes thereon which remain stable in any working environment. The porous electroconductive material, which has a three-dimensional network structure, is formed from a skeleton of porous material and a carbonaceous material covering the surface of the skeleton. The porous material constituting the skeleton is foamed metal or alloy. This porous electroconductive material is made into an electrode, and enzymes are immobilized on this electrode. The resulting electrode with immobilized enzymes thereon is used as the anode of a bio-fuel cell.