The article represents a short conceptual overview of biofuel cell applications, rather than their design and operation. Special attention is given to interfacing enzyme-based biofuel cells with power consuming microelectronic devices. Importance of electronic management of the power extracted from biological sources is emphasized. In addition to several briefly explained examples collected from recent publications, one system demonstrating powering of a standard glucometer with an implantable or wearable biofuel cell is described in details. The opinion on the biofuel cell applications and limitations represents the personal vision of the authors and might be not fully in accordance with the opinions of other experts.

本文代表了对生物燃料电池应用的简短概念概述，而不是其设计和操作。特别注意将基于酶的生物燃料电池与耗电的微电子设备连接起来。强调了对从生物源中提取的电力进行电子管理的重要性。除了从最近的出版物中收集的几个简要解释的示例外，还将详细描述一种演示标准血糖仪与可植入或可穿戴生物燃料电池供电的系统。有关生物燃料电池应用和局限性的观点代表了作者的个人见解，可能并不完全符合其他专家的观点。