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Microbial Electrolysis Cells for High Yield Hydrogen Gas Production from Organic Matter
Bruce E. Logan,Douglas F. Call,Shaoan Cheng,Hubertus V.M. Hamelers,Tom H. J. A. Sleutels,Adriaan W. Jeremiasse,René A. Rozendal +6 more
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The materials, architectures, performance, and energy efficiencies of these MEC systems that show promise as a method for renewable and sustainable energy production, and wastewater treatment are reviewed.Abstract:
The use of electrochemically active bacteria to break down organic matter, combined with the addition of a small voltage (>0.2 V in practice) in specially designed microbial electrolysis cells (MECs), can result in a high yield of hydrogen gas. While microbial electrolysis was invented only a few years ago, rapid developments have led to hydrogen yields approaching 100%, energy yields based on electrical energy input many times greater than that possible by water electrolysis, and increased gas production rates. MECs used to make hydrogen gas are similar in design to microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that produce electricity, but there are important differences in architecture and analytical methods used to evaluate performance. We review here the materials, architectures, performance, and energy efficiencies of these MEC systems that show promise as a method for renewable and sustainable energy production, and wastewater treatment.read more
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Conversion of wastes into bioelectricity and chemicals by using microbial electrochemical technologies.
Bruce E. Logan,Korneel Rabaey +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the key advances that will enable the use of exoelectrogenic microorganisms to generate biofuels, hydrogen gas, methane, and other valuable inorganic and organic chemicals are reviewed.
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Microbial electrosynthesis — revisiting the electrical route for microbial production
Korneel Rabaey,René A. Rozendal +1 more
TL;DR: This Review addresses the principles, challenges and opportunities of microbial electrosynthesis, an exciting new discipline at the nexus of microbiology and electrochemistry.
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Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review
TL;DR: The development of the concept of microbial fuel cell into a wider range of derivative technologies, called bioelectrochemical systems, is described, introducing briefly microbial electrolysis cells, microbial desalination cells and microbial electrosynthesis cells.
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Direct Biological Conversion of Electrical Current into Methane by Electromethanogenesis
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Recent advances in high temperature electrolysis using solid oxide fuel cells: A review
TL;DR: In this article, solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) have attracted a great interest in the last few years, as they offer significant power and higher efficiencies compared to conventional low temperature electrolysers.
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Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology†
Bruce E. Logan,Bert Hamelers,René A. Rozendal,Uwe Schröder,Jurg Keller,Stefano Freguia,P. Aelterman,Willy Verstraete,Korneel Rabaey +8 more
TL;DR: A review of the different materials and methods used to construct MFCs, techniques used to analyze system performance, and recommendations on what information to include in MFC studies and the most useful ways to present results are provided.
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Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation
Korneel Rabaey,Willy Verstraete +1 more
TL;DR: How bacteria use an anode as an electron acceptor and to what extent they generate electrical output is discussed and the MFC technology is evaluated relative to current alternatives for energy generation.
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