High surface area stainless steel brushes as cathodes in microbial electrolysis cells

DF Call, MD Merrill, BE Logan - Environmental science & …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are an efficient technology for generating hydrogen gas
from organic matter, but alternatives to precious metals are needed for cathode catalysts. We …

Stainless steel is a promising electrode material for anodes of microbial fuel cells

D Pocaznoi, A Calmet, L Etcheverry, B Erable… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The abilities of carbon cloth, graphite plate and stainless steel to form microbial anodes
were compared under identical conditions. Each electrode was polarised at− 0.2 V vs. SCE …

Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) from CO2 is resilient to fluctuations in renewable energy supply

MPA Rojas, R Mateos, A Sotres, M Zaiat… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) allow CO 2 capture and utilization for the electricity-driven
bioproduction of organics such as acetic acid. Such systems can be coupled to any …

Carbon dioxide conversion to C1-C2 compounds in a microbial electrosynthesis cell with in situ electrodeposition of nickel and iron

AG Vidales, G Bruant, S Omanovic, B Tartakovsky - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates the continuous conversion of CO 2 to methane, acetate, and
ethanol in a Microbial Electrosynthesis Cell (MESC) with a carbon felt biocathode. The …

Use of carbon mesh anodes and the effect of different pretreatment methods on power production in microbial fuel cells

X Wang, S Cheng, Y Feng, MD Merrill… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Flat electrodes are useful in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as close electrode spacing improves
power generation. Carbon cloth and carbon paper materials typically used in hydrogen fuel …

Electro-stimulated microbial factory for value added product synthesis

S Roy, A Schievano, D Pant - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Interplay of charge between bacteria and electrode has led to emergence of
bioelectrochemical systems which leads to applications such as production of electricity …

Improved fuel cell and electrode designs for producing electricity from microbial degradation

DH Park, JG Zeikus - Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A new one‐compartment fuel cell was composed of a rubber bunged bottle with a center‐
inserted anode and a window‐mounted cathode containing an internal, proton‐permeable …

Electrochemical treatment of graphite to enhance electron transfer from bacteria to electrodes

X Tang, K Guo, H Li, Z Du, J Tian - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, graphite felts were continuously electrochemically oxidized to increase the
current generation in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The treated and untreated graphite felts …

High acetic acid production rate obtained by microbial electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide

L Jourdin, T Grieger, J Monetti, V Flexer… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
High product specificity and production rate are regarded as key success parameters for
large-scale applicability of a (bio) chemical reaction technology. Here, we report a significant …

Microbial electrosynthesis of butyrate from carbon dioxide: Production and extraction

P Batlle-Vilanova, R Ganigué, S Ramió-Pujol… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
To date acetate is the main product of microbial electrosynthesis (MES) from carbon dioxide
(CO 2). In this work a tubular bioelectrochemical system was used to carry out MES and …