Bioelectrochemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 October 2021) | Viewed by 351
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electron transfer in biological systems; biological fuel cells; bioelectronics; photobioelectrochemistry; bioelectrocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the past few decades, intensive research has been focused on the application of various biological processes for the “green” conversion of chemical or solar energy for electrical power generation and accumulation of charges. Another approach, where the electrons obtained from fuel oxidation or photosynthetic reactions are used by biological catalytic pathways or inorganic–biological hybrid systems, holds great potential for the sustainable bioproduction of industrially relevant products.
The present Special Issue aims to combine all aspects of fundamentals, developments, and applications of bioelectrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage. This includes but is not limited to conventional and charge-storing enzymatic and microbial fuel cells, photobioelectrochemical systems, and biosupercapacitors. Furthermore, we are particularly interested in the fundamentals of electron transport processes occurring on electrodes, novel electrode materials and mediators, strategies for immobilization of bioelements (surface modification and architectures), bioengineered enzymes and microorganisms, and microbial electrosynthesis.
High-quality research articles and short communications, comprehensive review papers, and perspectives highlighting the most recent advances in the field are welcomed.
Dr. Dmitrii Pankratov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Enzymatic fuel cell
- Microbial fuel cell
- Photobioelectrochemical system
- Biosupercapacitor
- Charge transfer
- Hybrid bioelectrochemical system
- Bioelectrocatalysis
- Microbial electrosynthesis
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