NDLI: Minimizing losses in bio-electrochemical systems: the road to applications

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Author	Clauwaert, Peter Aelterman, Peter Pham, The Hai Schamphelaire, Liesje Carballa, Marta Rabaey, Korneel Verstraete, Willy
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) enable microbial catalysis of electrochemical reactions. Plain electrical power production combined with wastewater treatment by microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has been the primary application purpose for BESs. However, large-scale power production and a high chemical oxygen demand conversion rates must be achieved at a benchmark cost to make MFCs economical competitive in this context. Recently, a number of valuable oxidation or reduction reactions demonstrating the versatility of BESs have been described. Indeed, BESs can produce hydrogen, bring about denitrification, or reductive dehalogenation. Moreover, BESs also appear to be promising in the field of online biosensors. To effectively apply BESs in practice, both biological and electrochemical losses need to be further minimized. At present, the costs of reactor materials have to be decreased, and the volumetric biocatalyst activity in the systems has to be increased substantially. Furthermore, both the ohmic cell resistance and the pH gradients need to be minimized. In this review, these losses and constraints are discussed from an electrochemical viewpoint. Finally, an overview of potential applications and innovative research lines is given for BESs.
Starting Page	901
Ending Page	913
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01757598
Journal	Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Volume Number	79
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	14320614
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2008-05-28
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Biofuel cell Bioenergy Biocatalyzed electrolysis Overpotentials Biocatalysts Ohmic resistance Microbial Genetics and Genomics Microbiology Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Biotechnology

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