A review of the substrates used in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for producing sustainable and clean hydrogen gas

Abudukeremu Kadier, Yibadatihan Simayi, Mohd Sahaid Kalil, Peyman Abdeshahian and Aidil Abdul Hamid

Renewable Energy, 2014, vol. 71, issue C, 466-472

Abstract: Hydrogen is gaining international attention as a sustainable energy carrier with the potential to replace fossil fuels. A cutting edge technology called a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) can achieve sustainable and clean hydrogen production from a wide range of renewable biomass. A large number of substrates have been used as fuel sources. The major substrates that have been tested include wastewaters, fermentable and non-fermentable organic materials. This article mainly reviews the various substrates that have been used in MECs so far, also their resulting performance, as well as future potential substrates discussed. Besides, in this paper, a short review of recent advances in electrode material and a configuration of both the anode and cathode in MECs are provided.

Keywords: Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC); Electrode material; Fermentable organic; Sodium acetate; Wastewater; Hydrogen production rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (19)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148114003139
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:renene:v:71:y:2014:i:c:p:466-472

DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.052

Access Statistics for this article

Renewable Energy is currently edited by Soteris A. Kalogirou and Paul Christodoulides

More articles in Renewable Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().