Bio-inspired chemical hydrogen storage and discharge as a source of electrical energy
Reversible bio-inspired chemical hydrogen storage systems accumulate electrical energy in the form of electrons and proton ions located on biomolecules or bio-like storage molecules. Electro-active biomolecules (EAB) in Yeast media show such behavior: 2e − + 2H + + EAB (aq) + ⇆ EABH/H (aq) + , al...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied electrochemistry 2012-06, Vol.42 (6), p.419-425 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Reversible bio-inspired chemical hydrogen storage systems accumulate electrical energy in the form of electrons and proton ions located on biomolecules or bio-like storage molecules. Electro-active biomolecules (EAB) in
Yeast
media show such behavior: 2e
−
+ 2H
+
+ EAB
(aq)
+
⇆ EABH/H
(aq)
+
, also electro-active Methylene Blue (MB): 2e
−
+ 2H
+
+ MB
(aq)
+
⇆ MBH/H
(aq)
+
. The power characteristics of microbial fuel cell stacks equipped with such bio-inspired hydrogen storage systems were examined.
E. coli
cultures charged these bio-inspired separate chemical hydrogen storage units up to
E
= 0.50 ± 0.06 V; cell potentials increased proportionally in serial double, triple, and quadruple hydrogen storage stacks up to
E
OCV
= 1.98 V; the maximum power densities that were obtained improved proportionally with stack length by an increment of 1.4. The bio-inspired chemical hydrogen storage principle is of great interest for application in low-cost batteries that store renewable energy. |
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ISSN: | 0021-891X 1572-8838 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10800-012-0415-3 |