The integration of bio-catalysis and electrocatalysis to produce fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide

X Tan, J Nielsen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The dependence on fossil fuels has caused excessive emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHGs), leading to climate changes and global warming. Even though the expansion of …

Advances in systems metabolic engineering of autotrophic carbon oxide-fixing biocatalysts towards a circular economy

M Pavan, K Reinmets, S Garg, AP Mueller… - Metabolic …, 2022 - Elsevier
High levels of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions are driving the warming of global climate. If
this pattern of increasing emissions does not change, it will cause further climate change …

Electrotrophy: other microbial species, iron, and electrodes as electron donors for microbial respirations

DR Lovley - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrotrophy, the growth of microbes on extracellular electron donors, drives important
biogeochemical cycles and has practical applications. Studies of Fe (II)-based electrotrophy …

Electro-fermentation: sustainable bioproductions steered by electricity

B Virdis, RD Hoelzle, A Marchetti, ST Boto… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The market of biobased products obtainable via fermentation processes has steadily
increased over the past few years, driven by the need to create a decarbonized economy. To …

Valorization of C1 gases to value-added chemicals using acetogenic biocatalysts

J Bae, Y Song, H Lee, J Shin, S Jin, S Kang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In times of global warming and upcoming fossil fuel shortages, the demand for the
replacement of current fossil fuel-based chemical production via the development of …

Photosynthetic biohybrid coculture for tandem and tunable CO2 and N2 fixation

S Cestellos-Blanco, RR Chan, Y Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Solar-driven bioelectrosynthesis represents a promising approach for converting abundant
resources into value-added chemicals with renewable energy. Microorganisms powered by …

Light-driven carbon dioxide reduction to methane by Methanosarcina barkeri in an electric syntrophic coculture

L Huang, X Liu, Z Zhang, J Ye, C Rensing… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The direct conversion of CO2 to value-added chemical commodities, thereby storing solar
energy, offers a promising option for alleviating both the current energy crisis and global …

[HTML][HTML] Cathodic biofilms–A prerequisite for microbial electrosynthesis

I Vassilev, P Dessì, S Puig, M Kokko - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cathodic biofilms have an important role in CO 2 bio-reduction to carboxylic acids and
biofuels in microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cells. However, robust and resilient …

An electrolytic-hydrogen-fed moving bed biofilm reactor for efficient microbial electrosynthesis of methane from CO2

W Cai, K Cui, Z Liu, X Jin, Q Chen, K Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is an emerging technology for CO 2 fixation and renewable
energy storage. Currently, the low current density hinders the practical application of this …

Biofilm matrix and artificial mediator for efficient electron transport in CO2 microbial electrosynthesis

YE Song, A Mohamed, C Kim, M Kim, S Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) has been highlighted as a means to valorize inorganic
gaseous carbon, such as CO 2, into value-added chemicals using electricity as the reducing …