Realization and efficiency evaluation of a micro-photocatalytic cell prototype for real-time blood oxygenation
Abstract\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tA novel, miniaturized, high-efficiency photocatalytic cell, able to work in dynamic conditions, has been designed and validated in this study. Microfluidic channels were molded out of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) by means of standard soft lithography techniques, so as to work as photocatalytic cells, where the coupling of anatase titanium dioxide thin films and platinum electrodes, allows an electrically assisted photocatalytic reaction to produce dissolved oxygen gas from the water content of flowing fluid (e.g. blood).