Microbial electrosynthesis system with dual biocathode arrangement for simultaneous acetogenesis, solventogenesis and carbon chain elongation.

A microbial electrosynthesis cell comprising two biological cathode chambers sharing the same anode compartment is used to promote the production of C2-C4 carboxylic acids and alcohols from carbon dioxide. Each cathode chamber provides ideal pH conditions to favor acetogenesis/carbon chain elongation (pH = 6.9), and solventogenesis (pH = 4.9), respectively, without the requirement of external acid/base dosing.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Chemical Communications

• Publication date

  2019-04-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1039/c9cc00208aPMID 30911739
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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