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Progress in Chemistry 2010, Vol. 22 Issue (04): 748-753 Previous Articles   Next Articles

• Invited Article •

Hydrogen Production by Microbial Electrolysis Cells

Guo Kun1,2; Zhang Jingjing3; Li Haoran1**; Du Zhuwei1   

  1. (1. State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; 2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China)
  • Received: Revised: Online: Published:
  • Contact: Li Haoran E-mail:hrli@home.ipe.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) invented on the basis of Microbial fuel cells (MFC) provide a novel method for biohydrogen production. This paper reviews the research progress of MEC ever since its invention in 2005. The principle of MEC and the evaluating parameters of system are briefly introduced. Hydrogen production performance of MEC at different system architectures and electrode materials are compared. The existing problems and limiting factors of MEC for its practical utilization are discussed and the future research trends, as well as research approaches of MEC are proposed. Finally, the prospective applications of MEC in hydrogen production from biomass and energy recovery from organic wastewater are also stated.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Principle of MEC
3 Evaluating parameters of MEC
3.1 Hydrogen yield
3.2 Hydrogen recovery
3.3 Energy recovery
4 The architecture of MEC
5 The electrode materials of MEC
5.1 Anodic materials
5.2 Cathodic materials
6 Conclusion and outlook

Key words: microbial electrolysis cells, biocatalyzed electrolysis cells, biohydrogen production, microbial fuel cells

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