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SUBMITTER: Xie X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3791761 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Xing X Ye Meng M Hsu Po-Chun PC Liu Nian N Criddle Craig S CS Cui Yi Y
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20130916 40
By harnessing the oxidative power of microorganisms, energy can be recovered from reservoirs of less-concentrated organic matter, such as marine sediment, wastewater, and waste biomass. Left unmanaged, these reservoirs can become eutrophic dead zones and sites of greenhouse gas generation. Here, we introduce a unique means of energy recovery from these reservoirs-a microbial battery (MB) consisting of an anode colonized by microorganisms and a reoxidizable solid-state cathode. The MB has a singl ...[more]