Enhancement in current density and energy conversion efficiency of 3-dimensional MFC anodes using pre-enriched consortium and continuous supply of electron donors

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5098-5104

  Borole, Abhijeet P ^a   Hamilton, Choo Y ^b   Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm forming; Direct electron transfer; Electro active; Microbial fuel cell; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CARBON LOADINGS; CARBON SOURCE; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DIRECT ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRO-ACTIVE; ELECTRON DONORS; FLOWTHROUGH; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; POWER DENSITIES;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; LOADING; SHEAR FLOW;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CARBON; FERRICYANIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DOMINANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE; IMAGING METHOD; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SHEAR FLOW;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; FERRICYANIDES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

BURKHOLDERIALES; RHODOCYCLALES;

EID: 79952533739     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Aaron D.S., Tsouris C., Hamilton C.Y., Borole A.P. Assessment of the impact of flow rate and ionic strength on performance of microbial fuel cells using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Energies 2010, 3:592.
2. Aelterman P., Versichele M., Marzorati M., Boon N., Verstraete W. Loading rate and external resistance control the electricity generation of microbial fuel cells with different three-dimensional anodes. Bioresour. Technol. 2008, 99:8895-8902.
3. Bond P.L., Smriga S.P., Banfield J.F. Phylogeny of microorganisms populating a thick, subaerial, predominantly lithotrophic biofilm at an extreme acid mine drainage site. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2000, 66:3842-3849.
4. Borole A.P., Aaron D.S., Tsouris C., Hamilton C.Y. Understanding long term changes in microbial fuel cells using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:2740-2745.
5. Borole A.P., Hamilton C.Y., Aaron D.S., Tsouris C. Investigating microbial fuel cell bioanode performance under different cathode conditions. Biot. Prog. 2009, 25:1630-1636.
6. Borole A.P., Hamilton C.Y., Vishnivetskaya T.A., Leak D., Andras C. Improving power production from acetate-fed microbial fuel cells via enrichment of exoelectrogenic organisms in continuous flow systems. Biochem. Eng. J. 2009, 48:71-80.
7. Borole A.P., Hamilton C.Y., Vishnivetskaya T.A., Leak D., Andras C., Morrell-Falvey J., Davison B.H., Keller M. Integrating engineering design improvements with exoelectrogen enrichment process to increase power output from microbial fuel cells. J. Power Sources 2009, 191:520-527.
8. Fan Y., Hu H., Liu H. Enhanced coulombic efficiency and power density of air-cathode microbial fuel cells with an improved cell configuration. J. Power Sources 2007, 171:348-354.
9. Fan Y.Z., Sharbrough E., Liu H. Quantification of the internal resistance distribution of microbial fuel cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42:8101-8107.
10. He Z., Wagner N., Minteer S.D., Angenent L.T. An upflow microbial fuel cell with an interior cathode: Assessment of the internal resistance by impedance Spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:5212-5217.
11. Huang L., Regan J.M., Quan X. Electron transfer mechanisms, new applications, and performance of biocathode microbial fuel cells. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:316-323.
12. Kiely P.D., Call D.F., Yates M.D., Regan J.M., Logan B.E. Anodic biofilms in microbial fuel cells harbor low numbers of higher-power-producing bacteria than abundant genera. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010, 88:371-380.
13. Kim G.T., Webster G., Wimpenny J.W., Kim B.H., Kim H.J., Weightman A.J. Bacterial community structure, compartmentalization and activity in a microbial fuel cell. J. Appl. Microbiol. 2006, 101:698-710.
14. Liang P., Huang X., Fan M.Z., Cao X.X. Composition and distribution of internal resistance in three types of microbial fuel cells. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2007, 77:551-558.
15. Liu Y., Harnisch F., Fricke K., Sietmann R., Schroder U. Improvement of the anodic bioelectrocatalytic activity of mixed culture biofilms by a simple consecutive electrochemical selection procedure. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2008, 24:1006-1011.
16. Logan B.E. Scaling up microbial fuel cells and other bioelectrochemical systems. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010, 85:1665-1671.
17. Logan B.E., Hamelers B., Rozendal R., Schrorder U., Keller J., Freguia S., Aelterman P., Verstraete W., Rabaey K. Microbial fuel cells: methodology and technology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40:5181-5192.
18. Nevin K.P., Richter H., Covalla S.F., Johnson J.P., Woodard T.L., Orloff A.L., Jia H., Zhang M., Lovley D.R. Power output and columbic efficiencies from biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens comparable to mixed community microbial fuel cells. Environ. Microbiol. 2008, 10:2505-2514.
19. Oh S., Min B., Logan B.E. Cathode performance as a factor in electricity generation in microbial fuel cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38:4900-4904.
20. Pham T.H., Boon N., Aelterman P., Clauwaert P., De Schamphelaire L., Oostveldt P., Verbeken K., Verstraete W., Rabaey K. High shear enrichment improves the performance of the anodophilic microbial consortium in a microbial fuel cell. Microb. Biotechnol. 2008, 1:487-496.
21. Rabaey K., Verstraete W. Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation. Trends Biotechnol. 2005, 23:291.
22. Rismani-Yazdi H., Carver S.M., Christy A.D., Tuovinen I.H. Cathodic limitations in microbial fuel cells: an overview. J. Power Sources 2008, 180:683-694.
23. Rismani-Yazdi H., Christy A.D., Carver S.M., Yu Z., Dehority B.A., Tuovinen O.H. Effect of external resistance on bacterial diversity and metabolism in cellulose-fed microbial fuel cells. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:278-283.
24. Schloss P.D., Handelsman J. Introducing DOTUR, a computer program for defining operational taxonomic units and estimating species richness. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71:1501-1506.
25. Torres C.I., Krajmalnik-Brown R., Parameswaran P., Marcus A.K., Wanger G., Gorby Y.A., Rittmann B.E. Selecting anode-respiring bacteria based on anode potential: phylogenetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:9519-9524.
26. Yi H., Nevin K.P., Kim B.-C., Franks A.E., Klimes A., Tender L.M., Lovley D.R. Selection of a variant of Geobacter sulfurreducens with enhanced capacity for current production in microbial fuel cells. Biosens. Bioelectron. 2009, 24:3498-3503.
27. Zhang X., Cheng S., Liang P., Huang X., Logan B.E. Scalable air cathode microbial fuel cells using glass fiber separators, plastic mesh supporters, and graphite fiber brush anodes. Bioresour. Technol. 2011, 102:372-375.