Investigating the association between photosynthetic efficiency and generation of biophotoelectricity in autotrophic microbial fuel cells.

ABSTRACT: Microbial fuel cells operating with autotrophic microorganisms are known as biophotovoltaic devices. It represents a great opportunity for environmentally-friendly power generation using the energy of the sunlight. The efficiency of electricity generation in this novel system is however low. This is partially reflected by the poor understanding of the bioelectrochemical mechanisms behind the electron transfer from these microorganisms to the electrode surface. In this work, we propose a combination of electrochemical and fluorescence techniques, giving emphasis to the pulse amplitude modulation fluorescence. The combination of these two techniques allow us to obtain information that can assist in understanding the electrical response obtained from the generation of electricity through the

SUBMITTER: Ciniciato GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4977534 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature