Critical Biofilm Growth throughout Unmodified Carbon Felts Allows Continuous Bioelectrochemical Chain Elongation from CO2 up to Caproate at High Current Density

Critical Biofilm Growth throughout Unmodified Carbon Felts Allows Continuous Bioelectrochemical Chain Elongation from CO2 up to Caproate at High Current Density

Current challenges for microbial electrosynthesis include the production of higher value chemicals than acetate, at high rates, using cheap electrode materials. We demonstrate here the continuous, biofilm-driven production of acetate (C2), n-butyrate (nC4), and n-caproate (nC6) from sole CO2 on unmo...

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Main Authors: Ludovic Jourdin, Sanne M. T. Raes, Cees J. N. Buisman, David P. B. T. B. Strik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
Subjects:
bioelectrochemical chain elongation
microbial electrosynthesis
carbon dioxide utilization
biofilm
caproate
biocatalysis
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenrg.2018.00007/full

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