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Thomas William Seviour 《Critical reviews in biotechnology》2018,38(4):634-646
Turning wastewater directly into electricity is alluring, widespread use of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to achieve this at industrial scale appears increasingly unlikely despite intense research efforts lasting over a decade. Such endeavors have not been futile, however, and game-changing discoveries have resulted from these well-intentioned, scientifically rigorous but ultimately frustrated attempts to resolve the Waste-Energy dichotomy. The appeal of MFCs is largely of conceptual elegance rather than financial competitiveness, based on the green ideal that bacteria can be turned into cost effective bio-batteries. This notion is founded on the solid principles of extracellular electron transfer (EET), where microbes use electrodes interchangeably with other electron acceptors to generate current as a direct proxy for microbial metabolism. We contend that a nuanced understanding of EET has been restricted by focusing on device performance when in fact this information could be more beneficially channeled into addressing analytical questions pertaining to the presence and activity of microorganisms across systems of environmental and medical import, i.e. bioelectroanalytics. We discuss here relevant literature detailing bioelectrochemical systems and contrast energy-centric conclusions with observations geared towards bioelectroanalytics. We explore the expanding possibilities of bioelectroanalytics enabled by advances in genetic techniques and rooted in the concept that microbial interactions with an electrode extend to more than just cells seeking alternative electron acceptors. Our intention is to highlight alternative directions in the field and encourage researchers to harness bioelectroanalytics to address wider societal problems, in addition to addressing climate change. 相似文献
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Changzhi Sun Aming Lin Wenwen Li Jun Jin Yiyang Sun Jianhua Yang Zhaoyin Wen 《Liver Transplantation》2020,10(3)
The introduction of 3D wettable current collectors is one of the practical strategies toward realizing high reversibility of lithium (Li) metal anodes, yet its effect is usually insufficient owing to single electron‐conductive skeleton. Here, homogeneous Li deposition behavior and enhanced Coulombic efficiency is reported for electrochemically lithiated Cu3P nanowires, owing to the formation of a mixed ion/electron‐conducting skeleton (MIECS). In particular, by evaluating the Gibbs free energy change, the possible chemical reaction between Cu3P and molten Li is used to construct a MIECS containing Li3P and Cu–Li alloy phase. The successful conversion of Cu3P nanowires to Li3P and Cu–Li alloy nanocomposite not only greatly reduces the surface energy between molten Li and Cu3P, but also induces uniform Li stripping/plating behavior via balanced ion/electron transport. Thus, the as‐obtained Li@MIECS composite anode displays superior cycling stability in both symmetric cells and full cells. This work provides a promising option for the preparation of high‐performance composite Li anodes containing MIECS by thermally pre‐storing Li. 相似文献
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Scott R. Higgins Ryan J. Lopez Eulyn Pagaling Tao Yan Michael J. Cooney 《Enzyme and microbial technology》2013,52(6-7):344-351
An electrogenic biofilm was developed on a macroporous chitosan-carbon nanotube (CHIT-CNT) electrode under constant poised potential (?0.25 V versus Ag/AgCl reference electrode) and flow through conditions utilizing the effluent of an anaerobic digester as both the inoculant and substrate for the electrogenic biofilm. After 125 days of inoculation the bioelectrode demonstrated an open circuit potential of ?0.62 V and a current density of 9.43 μA cm?3 (at ?0.25 V). Scanning electron microscopy images indicate thorough surface coverage of the biofilm with a high density of bacterial nanowires physically connecting bacteria to bacteria and bacteria to carbon nanotube (electrode surface) suggesting the nanowires are electrically conductive. DGGE was used to identify the major bacterial and archaeal populations. 相似文献
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Chao Yang Fan Lv Yelong Zhang Jie Wen Kang Dong Hai Su Feili Lai Guoyu Qian Wei Wang Andr Hilger Yunhua Xu Yizhou Zhu Yida Deng Wenbin Hu Ingo Manke Yanan Chen 《Liver Transplantation》2019,9(46)
Developing low‐cost, high‐capacity, high‐rate, and robust earth‐abundant electrode materials for energy storage is critical for the practical and scalable application of advanced battery technologies. Herein, the first example of synthesizing 1D peapod‐like bimetallic Fe2VO4 nanorods confined in N‐doped carbon porous nanowires with internal void space (Fe2VO4?NC nanopeapods) as a high‐capacity and stable anode material for potassium‐ion batteries (KIBs) is reported. The peapod‐like Fe2VO4?NC nanopeapod heterostructures with interior void space and external carbon shell efficiently prevent the aggregation of the active materials, facilitate fast transportation of electrons and ions, and accommodate volume variation during the cycling process, which substantially boosts the rate and cycling performance of Fe2VO4. The Fe2VO4?NC electrode exhibits high reversible specific depotassiation capacity of 380 mAh g?1 at 100 mA g?1 after 60 cycles and remarkable rate capability as well as long cycling stability with a high capacity of 196 mAh g?1 at 4 A g?1 after 2300 cycles. The first‐principles calculations reveal that Fe2VO4?NC nanopeapods have high ionic/electronic conductivity characteristics and low diffusion barriers for K+‐intercalation. This study opens up new way for investigating high‐capacity metal oxide as high‐rate and robust electrode materials for KIBs. 相似文献
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Hao Yang Yu‐wen Hu Jun‐jie Chen M.‐Sadeeq Balogun Ping‐ping Fang Shanqing Zhang Jian Chen Yexiang Tong 《Liver Transplantation》2019,9(27)
The challenge in the artificial CO2 reduction to fuel is achieving high selective electrocatalysts. Here, a highly selective Cu2O/CuO heterostructure electrocatalyst is developed for CO2 electroreduction. The Cu2O/CuO nanowires modified by Ni nanoparticles exhibit superior catalytic performance with high faradic efficiency (95% for CO). Theoretical and experimental analyses show that the hybridization of Cu2O/CuO nanowires and Ni nanoparticles can not only adjust the d‐band center of electrocatalysts to enhance the intrinsic catalytic activity but also improve the adsorption of COOH* intermediates and suppress the hydrogen evolution reaction to promote the CO conversion efficiency during CO2 reduction reaction. An in situ Raman spectroscopic study further confirms the existence of COOH* species and the engineering intermediates adsorption. This work offers new insights for facile designing of nonprecious transition metal compound heterostructure for CO2 reduction reaction through adjusting the reaction pathway. 相似文献
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Novel Pt nanoclusters embedded polypyrrole nanowires (PPy-Pt) composite was electrosynthesized on a glassy carbon electrode, denoted as PPy-Pt/GCE. A glucose biosensor was further fabricated based on immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOD) in an electropolymerized non-conducting poly(o-aminophenol) (POAP) film that was deposited on the PPy-Pt/GCE. The morphologies of the PPy nanowires and PPy-Pt nanocomposite were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM). Effect of experimental conditions involving the cycle numbers for POAP deposition and Pt nanoclusters deposition, applied potential used in glucose determination, temperature and pH value of the detection solution were investigated for optimization. The biosensor exhibited an excellent current response to glucose over a wide linear range from 1.5 × 10−6 to 1.3 × 10−2 M (r = 0.9982) with a detection limit of 4.5 × 10−7 M (s/n = 3). Based on the combination of permselectivity of the POAP and the PPy films, the sensor had good anti-interference ability to ascorbic acid (AA), uric acid (UA) and acetaminophen. The apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (Km) and the maximum current density (Im) were estimated to be 23.9 mM and 378 μA/cm2, respectively. In addition, the biosensor had also good sensitivity, stability and reproducibility. 相似文献
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Kornelius Nielsch Julien Bachmann Johannes Kimling Harald Böttner 《Liver Transplantation》2011,1(5):713-731
Thermoelectric materials could play an increasing role for the efficient use of energy resources and waste heat recovery in the future. The thermoelectric efficiency of materials is described by the figure of merit ZT = (S2σT)/κ (S Seebeck coefficient, σ electrical conductivity, κ thermal conductivity, and T absolute temperature). In recent years, several groups worldwide have been able to experimentally prove the enhancement of the thermoelectric efficiency by reduction of the thermal conductivity due to phonon blocking at nanostructured interfaces. This review addresses recent developments from thermoelectric model systems, e.g. nanowires, nanoscale meshes, and thermionic superlattices, up to nanograined bulk‐materials. In particular, the progress of nanostructured silicon and related alloys as an emerging material in thermoelectrics is emphasized. Scalable synthesis approaches of high‐performance thermoelectrics for high‐temperature applications is discussed at the end. 相似文献