Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion Using Conductive Materials through Mediation of Direct Microbial Interspecies Electron Transfer: A Review

The anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter is susceptible to the challenges posed by low-speed electron transfer between microorganisms and the limitation of low hydrogen partial pressure, resulting in low methane recovery efficiency and poor system stability. Numerous studies in recent years have shown that a variety of conductive materials can significantly increase the interspecies electron transfer (IET) rate, optimize the structure and function of anaerobic microbial communities, improve methane yield, and promote system stability by mediating the direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) of reciprocal microorganisms. In this study, on the basis of investigating the IET mechanism of methanogenic microorganisms in the AD of organic matter, the effects of carbon-based conductive materials (activated carbon, biochar, carbon cloth, carbon fiber, graphite, graphite felt, graphene, and carbon nanotubes) and iron-based conductive materials (magnetite, Fe3O4, hematite, Fe2O3, goethite, and zero-valent iron) on AD performance and microbial community using DIET are reviewed. Future research should focus on establishing an evaluation system, identifying flora with DIET potential, and finding methods for engineering applications that increase recovery efficiency and reveal the principle of conductive materials to mediate DIET.

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  2023

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  Fermentation

• Publication date

  2023-09-29

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  DOI 10.3390/fermentation9100884
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