This work proves for the first time the bioelectrochemical production of butyrate from CO2 as a sole carbon source. The highest concentration of butyrate achieved was 20.2 mMC, with a maximum butyrate production rate of 1.82 mMC d(-1). The electrochemical characterisation demonstrated that the CO2 reduction to butyrate was hydrogen driven. Production of ethanol and butanol was also observed ope...

A broad review of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic approaches toward CO2 reduction using organic, organometallic, and bioorganic systems is provided. Electrochemical, bioelectrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches are discussed in terms of their faradaic efficiencies, overpotentials and reaction mechanisms. Organometallic complexes as well as semiconductors and their homogeneous ...

This paper presents a proposal for potential bioelectrochemical power to gas stations. It consists of two-level voltage source converter interfacing the electrical grid on AC side and an electromethanogenesis based system (EMG-BES) working as stacked module DC side. The proposed converts CO2 energy into methane, using wastewater additional chemical input. storage can contribute dampening variab...

This paper report a novel approach for bioimaging with two different micro/nanoelectrode systems; i. e., scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and individually addressable microelectrode array. Hybrid SECM systems with shear-force or ion-conductance feedback distance control were applied to high resolution and simultaneous imaging of topography and electrochemical responses of enzymes and ...

Many electrochemical/bioelectrochemical systems are intrinsically nonstationary and are affected by time-dependent phenomena. The requirement of stationarity in the classical version of impedance spectroscopy appears to be in conflict with the essential properties of the object, therefore a post-experimental mathematical/analytical procedure is necessary for the reconstruction of the 'true' imp...

Microaerophilic microenvironment at biocathode was evaluated for electrogenesis along with the polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) accumulation in bio-electrochemical system (BES). The electrogenic activity (512 mV; 15.2 mW/m(2)) was extended for longer periods (144 h) which might be attributed to the lowering of losses due to the controlled microbial metabolism. Growth limiting stress at cathode due t...