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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 41, Issue 37, Pages 16523-16528Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.163
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Geobacter sulfurreducens; Electrochemical performance; Metabolic spatial variability; Biofilm thickness; Biofilm biomass
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It is widely believed that the high electrochemical performance of Geobacter sulfurreducens relies on its thick and conductive biofilms in bioelectrochemical systems. However, in this study, the G. sulfurreducens biofilm reached the highest electrochemical activity with a biofilm thickness of similar to 20 mu m, and then the electrochemical activity decreased with increasing thickness until the biofilm growth ceased at a thickness of similar to 45 mu m. The electrochemical analysis and the metabolic spatial variability showed that in the first 5 cycles the live cells grew fast, which led to a rapid drop of charge transfer resistance and further contributed to high current generation, however, from cycle 5 to 12, a great many inactive cells accumulated in the inner layer of biofilm, which resulted in high diffusion resistance. Thus, although the G. sulfurreducens can always form thick biofilms, its highest electrochemical activity reached at a much thinner thickness, suggesting that the live-cell mass rather than the biofilm thickness is responsible for the high current generation. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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