100 years of microbial electricity production : three concepts for the future [PDF]
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) have been explored according to three main concepts: to produce energy from organic substrates, to generate products and to provide specific environmental services.
Arends, Jan, Verstraete, Willy
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A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants : market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks [PDF]
In recent decades, academia has elaborated a wide range of technological solutions to recover water, energy, fertiliser and other products from municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Dewulf, Jo +5 more
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The "Oil-Spill Snorkel": an innovative bioelectrochemical approach to accelerate hydrocarbons biodegradation in marine sediments [PDF]
This study presents the proof-of-concept of the "Oil-Spill Snorkel": a novel bioelectrochemical approach to stimulate the oxidative biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments.
AULENTA, Federico +8 more
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The composition and metabolic traits of the microbial communities acting in an innovative bioelectrochemical system were here investigated. The system, known as Oil Spill Snorkel, was recently developed to stimulate the oxidative biodegradation of ...
Bruna Matturro +3 more
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Microbial solar cells: applying photosynthetic and electrochemically active organisms [PDF]
Microbial solar cells (MSCs) are recently developed technologies utilizing solar energy to produce electricity or chemicals. MSCs use photoautotrophic microorganisms or higher plants to harvest solar energy, and use electrochemically active ...
Buisman, Cees JN +5 more
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Nitrogen removal in a two-chambered microbial fuel cell: Establishment of a nitrifying-denitrifying microbial community on an intermittent aerated cathode [PDF]
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) was used to study nitrogen dynamics and its feasibility for high strength wastewater treatment. Intermittent aeration was applied on the cathode chamber accomplishing the establishment of a simultaneous nitrifying-denitrifying
Bonmatí Blasi, August +3 more
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The effects of a direct-current electric field on cell viability and physicochemical properties of exoelectrogens and non-exoelectrogens, e.g., Shewanella and Escherichia coli, were studied.
Chen Dou +6 more
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A Comprehensive Understanding of Electro-Fermentation
Electro-fermentation (EF) is an upcoming technology that can control the metabolism of exoelectrogenic bacteria (i.e., bacteria that transfer electrons using an extracellular mechanism).
Drishti Dinesh Bhagchandanii +7 more
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Wiring Up Along Electrodes for Biofilm Formation
Millimeter-length cables of bacteria were discovered growing along a graphite-rod electrode serving as an anode of a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC).
María Belén Prados +3 more
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Application of electro-active biofilms [PDF]
The concept of an electro-active biofilm (EAB) has recently emerged from a few studies that discovered that certain bacteria which form biofilms on conductive materials can achieve a direct electrochemical connection with the electrode surface using it ...
Dumas, Claire +4 more
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