Carbon dioxide utilisation by bioelectrochemical systems through microbial electrochemical synthesis

Fontmorina, Jean Marie, Izadi, Paniz, Rasul, Shahid and Yu, Eileen H. (2019) Carbon dioxide utilisation by bioelectrochemical systems through microbial electrochemical synthesis. In, Carbon Dioxide Utilisation: Volume 2 Transformations. De Gruyter, pp. 561-581. (doi:10.1515/9783110665147-027).

Abstract

The gap between energy demand and the availability of fossil fuels has beengrowing, particularly over the last decades due to the increase in economicgrowth and social development. Currently, fossil fuels are the main resourcesfor industrial and municipal activities, and their intensive consumption hasled to the dreadful consequences ofglobal warming and climate change.Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are emerging technologies involving the in-teraction of microorganisms with solid-state electrodes. The versatility of thistechnology combining microbiology andelectrochemistry has led to various ap-plications such as wastewater treatment, environmental sensing, resource recov-ery and energy harvesting from waste, as well as converting CO2to variousproducts. The primary interest of BES is the ability of microorganisms used as bi-ocatalysts to convert chemical energy present in wastewater into electricity, butalso to convert electricity into chemical energy...

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Author: Eileen H. Yu

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