Ion transport in microbial fuel cells: Key roles, theory and critical review

Manon Oliot, Sylvain Galier, Hélène Roux de Balmann and Alain Bergel

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 183, issue C, 1682-1704

Abstract: Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer the possibility to convert the chemical energy contained in low-cost organic matter directly into electrical energy. Nevertheless, in the current state of the art, microbial electrocatalysis imposes the use of electrolytes of low ionic conductivity, at around neutral pH and with complex chemical compositions, which are far from being ideal electrolytes for an electrochemical process. In this context, ion transport through the electrolyte is a key step, which strongly conditions the electrode kinetics and the global cell performance.

Keywords: Microbial electrochemical technology; Bioelectrochemical systems; Separators; Membranes; Mass transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.09.043

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