Microbial Electrosynthesis for a Carbon-neutral Energy and Chemicals

Alfred M. Spormann (Stanford University)

September 10, 2018.

- Catabolism provides energy for anabolism.

- Catabolic fuels from CO2 (Microbial Electrosynthesis)
o Not based on CO2 fixation
- Electromethanogenesis
o 3 ways to access cathodic electrons for microbial metabolism
 Electrochemical
 Enzymatic
 Direct
- HER – catalysts: abiotic performance
o Nobel-metal free materials
o HER comparable to platinum
o NaHCO3 buffer pH 7
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