A microbial fuel cell is provided according to embodiments of the present invention including electricigenic microbes containing at least about 0.075 milligrams of protein per square centimeter of the anode surface area. In particular embodiments, the electricigenic microbes are disposed on the anode such that at least about 90% of the portion of the anode surface area has a layer of electricigenic microbes, the layer greater than about 1 micron in thickness. This thickness is indicative of the layer including at least a first stratum of electricigenic microbes in direct contact with the anode and a second stratum of electricigenic microbes in direct contact with the first stratum such that the second stratum is in indirect contact with the anode.
申请公布号
US8283076(B2)
申请公布日期
2012.10.09
申请号
US20070750583
申请日期
2007.05.18
申请人
LOVLEY DEREK R.;NEVIN KELLY P.;ZHANG MINJUAN;JIA HONGFEI;TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.;UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
发明人
LOVLEY DEREK R.;NEVIN KELLY P.;ZHANG MINJUAN;JIA HONGFEI