Low-voltage electrochemical CO2 reduction by bacterial voltage-multiplier circuits

Taketo Mogi; Takumi Ishii; Kazuhito Hashimoto; Ryuhei Nakamura

doi:10.1039/c2cc37986d

Low-voltage electrochemical CO2 reduction by bacterial voltage-multiplier circuits

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 May 11;49(38):3967-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc37986d.

Authors

Taketo Mogi¹, Takumi Ishii, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Ryuhei Nakamura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

PMID: 23302819
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37986d

Abstract

Using the voltage-multiplying circuits of chemolitho-autotrophic Fe-oxidizing bacteria (Mariprofundus ferrooxydans), we describe an integrated bioelectrochemical system that affords simultaneous CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation at an external voltage of less than 1.24 V.