A white-rot fungus is used as a biocathode to improve electricity production of a microbial fuel cell

C Wu, XW Liu, WW Li, GP Sheng, GL Zang, YY Cheng… - Applied energy, 2012 - Elsevier
White-rot fungus is able to secrete laccase, which can reduce O2 to H2O and has been
widely used in enzymatic fuel cells. In this work, a strain of white-rot fungus, Coriolus …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing electricity generation using a laccase-based microbial fuel cell with yeast Galactomyces reessii on the cathode

P Chaijak, C Sukkasem, M Lertworapreecha… - 2018 - jmb.or.kr
The fungi associated with termites secrete enzymes such as laccase (multi-copper oxidase)
that can degrade extracellular wood matrix. Laccase uses molecular oxygen as an electron …

Enhancing bioelectricity generation and removal of copper in microbial fuel cells with a laccase-catalyzed biocathode

CW Lin, CY Lai, SH Liu, YR Chen, LK Alfanti - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
White rot fungi (WRF) are planted on the cathode of a ceramic microbial fuel cell (C-MFC) to
enhance its removal of copper from wastewater. When P. eryngii was planted in the air …

An improved microbial fuel cell with laccase as the oxygen reduction catalyst

O Schaetzle, F Barrière, U Schröder - Energy & Environmental Science, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
An improved microbial fuel cell with laccase as the oxygen reduction catalyst - Energy &
Environmental Science (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B815331K Royal Society of Chemistry …

Decolorization of azo dye and generation of electricity by microbial fuel cell with laccase-producing white-rot fungus on cathode

CY Lai, CH Wu, CT Meng, CW Lin - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Wood-degrading white-rot fungi produce many extracellular enzymes, including the multi-
copper oxidative enzyme laccase (EC 1.10. 3.2). Laccase uses atmospheric oxygen as the …

Cathode potential and mass transfer determine performance of oxygen reducing biocathodes in microbial fuel cells

A Ter Heijne, DP Strik, HVM Hamelers… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
The main limiting factor in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) power output is the cathode, because of
the high overpotential for oxygen reduction. Oxygen reducing biocathodes can decrease this …

Electricity generation in a microbial fuel cell with a microbially catalyzed cathode

JN Zhang, QL Zhao, P Aelterman, SJ You, JQ Jiang - Biotechnology letters, 2008 - Springer
A microbial fuel cell using aerobic microorganisms as the cathodic catalysts is described. By
using anaerobic sludge in the anode and aerobic sludge in the cathode as inocula, the …

Power generation from a biocathode microbial fuel cell biocatalyzed by ferro/manganese-oxidizing bacteria

Y Mao, L Zhang, D Li, H Shi, Y Liu, L Cai - Electrochimica Acta, 2010 - Elsevier
The abiotic cathodes usually require a catalyst such as Pt to enhance power production,
increasing the cost and lowering the operational sustainability. In this paper, the …

Electricity generation by microbial fuel cell using microorganisms as catalyst in cathode

JK Jang, J Kan, O Bretschger, YA Gorby… - … of microbiology and …, 2013 - koreascience.kr
The cathode reaction is one of the most seriously limiting factors in a microbial fuel cell
(MFC). The critical dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration of a platinum-loaded graphite …

[HTML][HTML] Bioelectricity generation using long-term operated biocathode: RFLP based microbial diversity analysis

SV Ramanaiah, CM Cordas, SC Matias, MV Reddy… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work, power generation and substrate removal efficiencies of long-term
operated microbial fuel cells, containing abiotic cathodes and biocathodes, were evaluated …