TY - JOUR
T1 - On the importance of identifying, characterizing, and predicting fundamental phenomena towards microbial electrochemistry applications
AU - Torres, Cesar
N1 - Funding Information:
C.I. Torres is partially funded for this work by the Office of Naval Research project no. N000141210344 and the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Project no. ER-2239 .
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - The development of microbial electrochemistry research toward technological applications has increased significantly in the past years, leading to many process configurations. This short review focuses on the need to identify and characterize the fundamental phenomena that control the performance of microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Specifically, it discusses the importance of recent efforts to discover and characterize novel microorganisms for MXC applications, as well as recent developments to understand transport limitations in MXCs. As we increase our understanding of how MXCs operate, it is imperative to continue modeling efforts in order to effectively predict their performance, design efficient MXC technologies, and implement them commercially. Thus, the success of MXC technologies largely depends on the path of identifying, understanding, and predicting fundamental phenomena that determine MXC performance.
AB - The development of microbial electrochemistry research toward technological applications has increased significantly in the past years, leading to many process configurations. This short review focuses on the need to identify and characterize the fundamental phenomena that control the performance of microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs). Specifically, it discusses the importance of recent efforts to discover and characterize novel microorganisms for MXC applications, as well as recent developments to understand transport limitations in MXCs. As we increase our understanding of how MXCs operate, it is imperative to continue modeling efforts in order to effectively predict their performance, design efficient MXC technologies, and implement them commercially. Thus, the success of MXC technologies largely depends on the path of identifying, understanding, and predicting fundamental phenomena that determine MXC performance.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.12.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24441074
AN - SCOPUS:84892472629
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 27
SP - 107
EP - 114
JO - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
JF - Current Opinion in Biotechnology
ER -