Electrohydrogenesis

Electrohydrogenesis or biocatalyzed electrolysis is the name given to a process for generating hydrogen gas from organic matter being decomposed by bacteria.[1] This process uses a modified fuel cell to contain the organic matter and water. A small amount, 0.2 - 0.8 V[2] of electricity is used, the original article reports an overall energy efficiency of 288% can be achieved (this is computed relative to the amount of electricity used, waste heat lowers the overall efficiency). This work was reported by Cheng and Logan

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Hydrogen production through biocatalyzed electrolysis
  2. ↑ Sustainable and efficient biohydrogen production via electrohydrogenesis.
  3. ↑ Shaoan Cheng, Defeng Xing, Douglas F. Call and Bruce E. Logan (March 26, 2009). "Direct Biological Conversion of Electrical Current into Methane by Electromethanogenesis". Environ. Sci. Technol. (American Chemical Society) 43 (10): 3953–8. doi:10.1021/es803531g. PMID 19544913. Retrieved 2009-04-07.

Cheng, Shaoan; Logan, Bruce E. (2007-11-20). "Sustainable and efficient biohydrogen production via electrohydrogenesis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (47): 18875–18873. doi:10.1073/pnas.0706379104. PMC 2141869. PMID 18000052. 

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