Electroactive biofilms: current status and future research needs

AP Borole, G Reguera, B Ringeisen… - Energy & …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroactive biofilms (EABFs) generated by electrochemically active microorganisms have
many potential applications in bioenergy and chemicals production. Biofilm electroactivity …

Functional group surface modifications for enhancing the formation and performance of exoelectrogenic biofilms on the anode of a bioelectrochemical system

C Li, S Cheng - Critical reviews in biotechnology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Various new energy technologies have been developed to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
The bioelectrochemical system (BES), an integrated microbial–electrochemical energy …

The diversity of techniques to study electrochemically active biofilms highlights the need for standardization

F Harnisch, K Rabaey - ChemSusChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) employ whole microorganisms to catalyze
electrode reactions. BESs allow electricity generation from wastewater, electricity‐driven …

A comprehensive overview on electro-active biofilms, role of exo-electrogens and their microbial niches in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

GD Saratale, RG Saratale, MK Shahid, G Zhen… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are biocatalyzed systems which can drive electrical energy by
directly converting chemical energy using microbial biocatalyst and are considered as one …

Electrochemically active biofilms: facts and fiction. A review

J Babauta, R Renslow, Z Lewandowski, H Beyenal - Biofouling, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This review examines the electrochemical techniques used to study extracellular electron
transfer in the electrochemically active biofilms that are used in microbial fuel cells and other …

Electroactive mixed culture derived biofilms in microbial bioelectrochemical systems: the role of pH on biofilm formation, performance and composition

SA Patil, F Harnisch, C Koch, T Hübschmann… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
The pH-value played a crucial role for the development and current production of anodic
microbial electroactive biofilms. It was demonstrated that only a narrow pH-window, ranging …

Effects of surface charge and hydrophobicity on anodic biofilm formation, community composition, and current generation in bioelectrochemical systems

K Guo, S Freguia, PG Dennis, X Chen… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The focus of this study was to investigate the effects of surface charge and surface
hydrophobicity on anodic biofilm formation, biofilm community composition, and current …

Electroactive biofilms: how microbial electron transfer enables bioelectrochemical applications

EM Conners, K Rengasamy… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous. In marine and freshwater ecosystems, microbe–mineral
interactions sustain biogeochemical cycles, while biofilms found on plants and animals can …

Selective enrichment of biocatalysts for bioelectrochemical systems: a critical review

P Chatterjee, P Dessì, M Kokko, AM Lakaniemi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET), also known as bioelectrochemical systems
(BES), use microorganisms as biocatalysts to recover valuable resources like bioelectricity …

Biofilm engineering approaches for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells and bioelectrochemical systems

MJ Angelaalincy, R Navanietha Krishnaraj… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a promising future technology for a wide range
of applications in addition to sustainable electricity generation. Electroactive (EA) biofilms …