John Greenman john.greenman@uwe.ac.uk
Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms
Greenman, John; Gajda, Iwona; You, Jiseon; Mendis, Buddhi Arjuna; Obata, Oluwatosin; Pasternak, Grzegorz; Ieropoulos, Ioannis
Authors
Iwona Serruys Iwona.Gajda@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Management
Jiseon You Jiseon.You@uwe.ac.uk
Lecturer in Engineering/ Project Management
Buddhi Arjuna Mendis
Oluwatosin Obata
Grzegorz Pasternak
Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
Abstract
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) represent a wide range of different biofilm-based bioreactors that includes microbial fuel cells (MFCs), microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) and microbial desalination cells (MDCs). The first described bioelectrical bioreactor is the Microbial Fuel Cell and with the exception of MDCs, it is the only type of BES that actually produces harvestable amounts of electricity, rather than requiring an electrical input to function. For these reasons, this review article, with previously unpublished supporting data, focusses primarily on MFCs. Of relevance is the architecture of these bioreactors, the type of membrane they employ (if any) for separating the chambers along with the size, as well as the geometry and material composition of the electrodes which support biofilms. Finally, the structure, properties and growth rate of the microbial biofilms colonising anodic electrodes, are of critical importance for rendering these devices, functional living ‘engines’ for a wide range of applications.
Citation
Greenman, J., Gajda, I., You, J., Mendis, B. A., Obata, O., Pasternak, G., & Ieropoulos, I. (2021). Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms. Biofilms, 3, Article 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100057
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 19, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 20, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2021-12 |
Deposit Date | Jan 20, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 21, 2022 |
Journal | Biofilm |
Print ISSN | 1479-0505 |
Electronic ISSN | 2590-2075 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Article Number | 100057 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100057 |
Keywords | Cell Biology; Molecular Biology; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Microbiology |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8044908 |
Additional Information | This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms; Journal Title: Biofilm; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2021.100057; Content Type: article; Copyright: © 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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