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| Title |
Conversion of Wastes into Bioelectricity and Chemicals by Using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1217412 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bruce E. Logan, Korneel Rabaey |
| Abstract |
Waste biomass is a cheap and relatively abundant source of electrons for microbes capable of producing electrical current outside the cell. Rapidly developing microbial electrochemical technologies, such as microbial fuel cells, are part of a diverse platform of future sustainable energy and chemical production technologies. We review the key advances that will enable the use of exoelectrogenic microorganisms to generate biofuels, hydrogen gas, methane, and other valuable inorganic and organic chemicals. Moreover, we examine the key challenges for implementing these systems and compare them to similar renewable energy technologies. Although commercial development is already underway in several different applications, ranging from wastewater treatment to industrial chemical production, further research is needed regarding efficiency, scalability, system lifetimes, and reliability. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 44 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 11% |
| South Africa | 2 | 5% |
| India | 2 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Greece | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 19 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 33 | 75% |
| Scientists | 7 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | <1% |
| India | 5 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| Germany | 3 | <1% |
| Italy | 3 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Poland | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 20 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1146 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 290 | 24% |
| Researcher | 188 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 145 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 115 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 49 | 4% |
| Other | 186 | 15% |
| Unknown | 232 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 194 | 16% |
| Environmental Science | 158 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 157 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 100 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 92 | 8% |
| Other | 187 | 16% |
| Unknown | 317 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 60. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 August 2018.
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