Microbial electrolysis cell platform for simultaneous waste biorefinery and clean electrofuels generation: Current situation, challenges and future perspectives

Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) holds the flexible potentials for waste biorefinery, pollutants removal, CO2 capture, and bioelectrosynthesis of clean and renewable electrofuels or valuable chemical commodities, dealing with the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental deterioration issues. Alt...

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Vydané v:Progress in energy and combustion science Ročník 63; s. 119 - 145
Hlavní autori: Zhen, Guangyin, Lu, Xueqin, Kumar, Gopalakrishnan, Bakonyi, Péter, Xu, Kaiqin, Zhao, Youcai
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2017
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Bioelectrosynthesis
CO2 capture
Electrofuels
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC)
Waste biorefinery
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC)
CO2 capture
Electrofuels
Waste biorefinery
Bioelectrosynthesis
ISSN:0360-1285, 1873-216X
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Shrnutí:Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) holds the flexible potentials for waste biorefinery, pollutants removal, CO2 capture, and bioelectrosynthesis of clean and renewable electrofuels or valuable chemical commodities, dealing with the depletion of fossil fuels and environmental deterioration issues. Although substantial advances in process design and mechanisms exploration have greatly promoted the development of MEC platform from a concept to a technology, how to virtually utilize it in real-world scenario remains a big challenge. There are numerous technical issues ahead for MEC to be tackled towards up-scaling and real implementations. This review article presents a state-of-the-art overview of the fundamental aspects and the latest breakthrough results and accomplishments obtained from the MEC platform, with a special emphasis on mapping the key extracellular electron transfer (EET) mechanisms between electroactive microorganisms and electrode surface (including i: cells→e−anode; and ii: cathode→e−cells). A unified discussion of different process design: inoculation methods for rapid start-up, role of membranes, modification of cathode materials, cathodic catalysts (i.e. noble, un-noble metal catalysts and biocatalysts) as well as designs and configurations of versatile bioelectrochemical cells, is also involved. Finally, the major challenges and technical problems encountered throughout MEC researches are analyzed, and recommendations and future needs for the virtual utilization of MEC technology in real waste treatment are elaborated.
ISSN:0360-1285
1873-216X
DOI:10.1016/j.pecs.2017.07.003