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Abstract

Investigations are carried out with Clostridium sp. which is isolated from sugar industry effluents, as a biocatalyst for current generation in a microbial fuel cell. Two different configurations of the cell are evaluated. In both cells, the anode compartment consists of suspended cells of Clostridium sp. in a nutrient broth in a phosphate buffer. In the first configuration, the cathode compartment consisted of ferricyanide solution (0.05 M). In the second configuration, the cathode compartment consisted of cells of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans suspended in a nutrient broth. The second configuration represents a complete microbial cell with the anodic and cathodic reactions driven by micro-organisms. The performance characteristics of the two configurations are evaluated with two different anode materials, graphite and graphite felt.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Microbial fuel cell; Direct electron-transfer; Clostridium sp.; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
Subjects:	Electrodics and Electrocatalysis
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	ttbdu cecri
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2012 11:55
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2012 11:55
URI:	http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/718

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