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Bioanode as a limiting factor to biocathode performance in microbial electrolysis cells
[Display omitted] •In MECs hydrogen production from biocathode may be limited by bioanode.•Electrogens enriched bioanode can maintain active at high applied potential up to 1.0V.•High demands of electrons on hydrogen production at cathode could exhaust bioanode. The bioanode is important for a micro...
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Published in: | Bioresource technology 2017-08, Vol.238, p.313-324 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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•In MECs hydrogen production from biocathode may be limited by bioanode.•Electrogens enriched bioanode can maintain active at high applied potential up to 1.0V.•High demands of electrons on hydrogen production at cathode could exhaust bioanode.
The bioanode is important for a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) and its robustness to maintain its catalytic activity affects the performance of the whole system. Bioanodes enriched at a potential of +0.2V (vs. standard hydrogen electrode) were able to sustain their oxidation activity when the anode potential was varied from −0.3 up to +1.0V. Chronoamperometric test revealed that the bioanode produced peak current density of 0.36A/m2 and 0.37A/m2 at applied potential 0 and +0.6V, respectively. Meanwhile hydrogen production at the biocathode was proportional to the applied potential, in the range from −0.5 to −1.0V. The highest production rate was 7.4L H2/(m2 cathode area)/day at −1.0V cathode potential. A limited current output at the bioanode could halt the biocathode capability to generate hydrogen. Therefore maximum applied potential that can be applied to the biocathode was calculated as −0.84V without overloading the bioanode. |
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ISSN: | 0960-8524 1873-2976 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.127 |