Séminaire LCMCP - Jérémie-Luc Sanchez "Design, synthesis and characterization of a bioanode for microbial fuel cells"

Seminar | Jérémie-Luc Sanchez | Room 32-42.101 | Chairman: Théau Debroise

Mardi, 6 mars

11:00 – 12:00

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Titre : Design, synthesis and charaterization of a bioanode for microbial fuel cells

Abstract : Amidst clean energy production devices, microbial fuel cells occupy a particular place. They focus on converting chemical energy from organic matter into electricity by harvesting electrons produced by bacteria degrading these molecules. To fully develop the potential of such renewable energy production devices, many challenges are still to be addressed. Among them we chose to optimize the material and architecture of the bacteria-colonized anode. We use electrospinning to yield microfibers mats made conductive by the addition of carbon based materials. Bacterial colonization is obtained through various techniques as core-shell encapsulation or natural biofilm formation. The anode is eventually included in a lab-scaled fuel cell to assess its electrochemical charateristics.

Organisateur : LCMCP