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 …

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 …

Chain elongation in anaerobic reactor microbiomes to recover resources from waste

CM Spirito, H Richter, K Rabaey, AJM Stams… - Current opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Homoacetogenesis, succinate formation, and reverse β oxidation pathways.•
Applications of these pathways to treat wastes in reactor microbiomes.•The use of electrodes …

Microbial electrosynthesis of butyrate from carbon dioxide

R Ganigué, S Puig, P Batlle-Vilanova… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This work proves for the first time the bioelectrochemical production of butyrate from CO2 as
a sole carbon source. The highest concentration of butyrate achieved was 20.2 mMC, with a …

An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and …

S Bajracharya, M Sharma, G Mohanakrishna… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are unique systems capable of converting chemical
energy into electrical energy (and vice-versa) while employing microbes as catalysts. Such …

An overview of cathode materials for microbial electrosynthesis of chemicals from carbon dioxide

N Aryal, F Ammam, SA Patil, D Pant - Green chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The applicability of microbial electrosynthesis (MES) for chemical synthesis from carbon
dioxide (CO2) requires improved production and energetic efficiencies. Microbial catalysts …

Critical Biofilm Growth throughout Unmodified Carbon Felts Allows Continuous Bioelectrochemical Chain Elongation from CO2 up to Caproate at High Current …

L Jourdin, SMT Raes, CJN Buisman… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Current challenges for microbial electrosynthesis include the production of higher value
chemicals than acetate, at high rates, using cheap electrode materials. We demonstrate …

Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC): Reactor configurations, recent advances and strategies in biohydrogen production

A Bora, K Mohanrasu, TA Swetha, V Ananthi, R Sindhu… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogen gas has a lot of potential as an ecologically friendly and efficient vehicle fuel.
Nearly all hydrogen gas is generated using non-renewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and …

Recent advances in dissimilatory sulfate reduction: from metabolic study to application

Z Qian, H Tianwei, HR Mackey, MCM van Loosdrecht… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are a group of diverse anaerobic microorganisms
omnipresent in natural habitats and engineered environments that use sulfur compounds as …

Long-term operation of microbial electrosynthesis cell reducing CO2 to multi-carbon chemicals with a mixed culture avoiding methanogenesis

S Bajracharya, R Yuliasni, K Vanbroekhoven… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
In microbial electrosynthesis (MES), CO 2 can be reduced preferably to multi-carbon
chemicals by a biocathode-based process which uses electrochemically active bacteria as …