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; 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 2141869Freely accessible. PMID 18000052. 

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