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Strategies for the Targeted Improvement of Anodic Electron Transfer in Microbial Fuel Cells
Author(s) -
Heydorn Raymond Leopold,
Engel Christina,
Krull Rainer,
Dohnt Katrin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chembioeng reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 2196-9744
DOI - 10.1002/cben.201900023
Subject(s) - microbial fuel cell , anode , electron transfer , limiting , biochemical engineering , redox , nanotechnology , fuel cells , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , electrode , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
The concept of the microbial fuel cell (MFC) has existed for over 100 years, but only within the last decade, the practical implementation has become conceivable due to microbial and technical progress. This review article presents available strategies to increase the limiting extracellular electron transfer (EET) in the anode space of MFCs. Therefore, organism‐based improvements as well as the effects of (bio–)polymers and redox mediators on ETT will be demonstrated.