Microbial bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) interconvert electrical and chemical energy, enabling electricity generation, hydrogen production, chemical synthesis, wastewater treatment, desalination, and remediation. The focus of this review is design of bioelectrodes for BESs. Desirable features are high conductivity, stability, and biocompatibility. We trace the history of bioelectrode design ...

An explicit numerical model for the charge balancing ion transfer across monopolar ion exchange membranes under conditions of bioelectrochemical systems is presented. Diffusion and migration equations have been solved according to the Nernst-Planck Equation and the resulting ion concentrations, pH values and the resistance values of the membrane for different conditions were computed. The model...

Microbial bioelectrochemical systems have been in the full spotlight for over a decade due to the promise of being a platform for sustainable electrical power generation from wastewaters. This promise has not yet been fulfilled, but the research on bioelectrochemical systems (BES) has received a tremendous boost (Schr€ oder, 2011; Arends and Verstraete, 2012). The field has diversified into exp...