Bio-Batteries: An Overview of Recent Advances and Future Directions

Bijit Gogoi¹ , Pallabi Dutta²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.11 , Issue.3 , pp.56-60, Mar-2025

Online published on Mar 31, 2025

Copyright © Bijit Gogoi, Pallabi Dutta . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
With the growing need for sustainable and eco-friendly energy sources, bio-batteries have come into the picture as a viable substitute for traditional battery storage systems. Bio-batteries based on organic and biological material like enzymes and microorganisms generate electricity from biochemical reactions. In this paper, the working mechanisms, materials, and possible applications of bio-batteries, their advantages like biodegradability, renewability, and reduced environmental footprint are described. The study also discusses the present limitations in the form of efficiency constraints, stability, and scalability constraints that are hindering large-scale usage. In a comparative study with traditional batteries, this study attempts to evaluate the viability of bio-batteries in practical applications from portable electronics to biomedical implants. The study indicates that bio-batteries possess a huge potential, but more research in material science and bioengineering fields is needed to increase their performance and commercial feasibility.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Battery, Electrode, Plant, Electron, Electrode, Energy, Fuel, Nutrient

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