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Solar microbial fuel cell (SMFC)

  • Leonard M. Tender
  • , Sarah Strycharz
  • , Rachel Snider
  • , Nikolai Lebedev
  • , Gary J. Vora

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Abstract

Recently we demonstrated a microbial fuel cell in which photosynthesis appears to convert internally generated carbon dioxide and water to fuel and oxygen. The significance of this result is at least twofold. First, it suggests that microbial fuel cells incorporating photosynthetic species (termed "solar microbial fuel cells") could be configured in which the electrode reactants are photosynthetically regenerated from the electrode products. Such microbial fuel cells could continuously generate power from sunlight without additional fuel or oxidant. Secondly, it suggests that microbial fuel cells could accumulate fuel and oxidant during the day for power generation at night. Such microbial fuel cells could address the solar energy storage conundrum. Here we report our most recent results of our ongoing investigation of the solar microbial fuel cell focusing on the electrode half-reactions and internal chemical fluxes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Chemical Society - 238th National Meeting and Exposition, ACS 2009, Abstracts of Scientific Papers
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: Aug 16 2009Aug 20 2009

Publication series

NameACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
ISSN (Print)0065-7727

Other

Other238th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, ACS 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington, DC
Period8/16/098/20/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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