Transforming the carbon economy: challenges and opportunities in the convergence of low-cost electricity and reductive CO 2 utilization

RG Grim, Z Huang, MT Guarnieri, JR Ferrell… - Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing availability of renewable electricity at costs competitive with, and even lower
than, electricity from fossil sources along with growing interest and recent technological …

Microbial extracellular electron transfer and strategies for engineering electroactive microorganisms

J Zhao, F Li, Y Cao, X Zhang, T Chen, H Song… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) are ubiquitous in nature and have attracted
considerable attention as they can be used for energy recovery and environmental …

Wastewater treatment for carbon capture and utilization

L Lu, JS Guest, CA Peters, X Zhu, GH Rau… - Nature Sustainability, 2018 - nature.com
A paradigm shift is underway in wastewater treatment as the industry heads toward~ 3% of
global electricity consumption and contributes~ 1.6% of greenhouse gas emissions …

Microbial electrosynthesis from CO2: Challenges, opportunities and perspectives in the context of circular bioeconomy

B Bian, S Bajracharya, J Xu, D Pant, PE Saikaly - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycling CO 2 into organic products through microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is attractive
from the perspective of circular bioeconomy. However, several challenges need to be …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation

Y Jiang, HD May, L Lu, P Liang, X Huang, ZJ Ren - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon-rich waste materials (solid, liquid, or gaseous) are largely considered to be a burden
on society due to the large capital and energy costs for their treatment and disposal …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing scale-up challenges and enhancement in performance of hydrogen-producing microbial electrolysis cell through electrode modifications

SG Park, PP Rajesh, YU Sim, DA Jadhav, MT Noori… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioelectrohydrogenesis using a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a promising technology
for simultaneous hydrogen production and wastewater treatment which uses electrogenic …

An overview of microbial biogas enrichment

N Aryal, T Kvist, F Ammam, D Pant, LDM Ottosen - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Biogas upgrading technologies have received widespread attention recently and are
researched extensively. Microbial biogas upgrading (biomethanation) relies on the microbial …

A review of microbial electrosynthesis applied to carbon dioxide capture and conversion: The basic principles, electrode materials, and bioproducts

S Zhang, J Jiang, H Wang, F Li, T Hua, W Wang - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2021 - Elsevier
Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentrations are currently rising at an unstoppable
rate, and it is urgent to curb this trend for a stable and sustainable atmospheric environment …

Bio-hydrogen production through microbial electrolysis cell: structural components and influencing factors

R Gautam, JK Nayak, NV Ress… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a significantly sustainable bio-electrochemical system for
biological hydrogen production. MEC is also regarded as an environmentally friendly …