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In recent years, many efforts have been made to find alternative renewable energy sources that can ideally replace the use of fossil fuels in all aspects. One of the new emerging energy technologies is the bioelectrochemical system, of which two types are ...

EPFL2024

Microorganisms known as exoelectrogens evolved the ability of transporting electrons across insulating biological membranes. In a physiological context, this enables respiration on extracellular electron acceptors and electron transfer to other organisms. ...

EPFL2023

Organic electrochemical transistors printed from degradable materials as disposable biochemical sensors

Danick Briand, Nicolas Francis Fumeaux, Silvia Demuru, Claudio Pinto Almeida

Transient electronics hold promise in reducing electronic waste, especially in applications that require only a limited lifetime. While various degradable electronic and physical sensing devices have been proposed, there is growing interest in the developm ...

2023

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Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are promising for energy, sensing, environmental, and synthesis applications. Escherichia coli were previously bioengineered for application in BES by introduction of extracellular electron transfer (EET) pathways. Inspired ...

2023

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At the center of microbial bioelectricity applications lies the critical need to express foreign heme proteins that are capable of redirecting the electron flux of the cell’s metabolism. This study presents bioengineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells ca ...

2023

Tailored extracellular electron transfer pathways enhance the electroactivity of Escherichia coli

Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Melania Reggente, Mohammed Mouhib, Nils Schürgers, Lin Li

Extracellular electron transfer (EET) engineering in Escherichia coli holds great potential for bioremediation, energy and electrosynthesis applications fueled by readily available organic substrates. Due to its vast metabolic capabilities and availability ...

2021

Enhancing bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cells and biophotovoltaics using nanomaterials

Ardemis Anoush Boghossian, Melania Reggente, Mohammed Mouhib, Alice Judith Gillen, Alessandra Antonucci, Amirmostafa Amirjani

Microbial fuel cells and biophotovoltaics represent promising technologies for green bioelectricity generation. However, these devices suffer from low durability and efficiency that stem from their reliance on living organisms to act as catalysts. Such lim ...

2019

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Reductive immobilization of uranium has been explored as a remediation strategy for the U-contaminated subsurface. Via the in situ biostimulation of microbial processes, hexavalent U is reduced to less soluble tetravalent species, which are immobilized wit ...

2019

Charge Transport in Two-Photon Semiconducting Structures for Solar Fuels

Sophia Haussener

Semiconducting heterostructures are emerging as promising light absorbers and offer effective electron–hole separation to drive solar chemistry. This technology relies on semiconductor composites or photoelectrodes that work in the presence of a redox medi ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2016

Bacterial resource management for nutrient removal in aerobic granular sludge

David Gregory Weissbrodt

A holistic approach was developed towards efficient bacterial resource management for nutrient removal from wastewater in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors. Multiple reactor experiments from granulation start-up to operation at steady-state ...

2013

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