Falk Harnisch, Tom Sleutels, Annemiek ter Heijne

Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology

Understand the basics of a thriving interdisciplinary research field

Microbial electrochemistry is a subfield of bioelectrochemistry which concerns interactions between microbial organisms and electrically active surfaces such as electrodes. Its growth as a subject of research has been rapid in recent years, and its technological applications are many, particularly as the race to find sustainable organic energy sources accelerates.

Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology offers an accessible overview of this interdisciplinary subject and its potential applications. Moving smoothly from the general to the specific, it offers both fundamental principles and some of the most relevant specific examples, such as biofilm electrodes, microbial fuel cells or microbial electrosynthesis cells, making it the ideal choice for building a working knowledge of this exciting new field. Its solid foundation of microbial electrochemical technologies also serves as a starting point for a wide range of applied research areas.

Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology readers will also find:

• Carefully designed artistic illustrations
• Hands-on exercises throughout to facilitate entry into laboratory work
• Numerous illustrative examples and calculations designed to demonstrate and reinforce key principles

Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology is the perfect point of entry into this growing field for both students and researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783527844043
• Artikelnr.: 69438245

Autorenporträt

Falk Harnisch, PhD, is a group leader at the Heimholtz Centre for Environmental Research and a Professor at Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany. He has published extensively on microbiology and electrochemistry, and his awards and honors include the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group award as well as serving as President of the International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) 2021-2023.

Tom Sleutels, PhD, is a researcher at the University of Groningen and Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology in the Netherlands. His research focuses on microorganisms and their role in renewable energy and resource recovery processes.

Annemiek ter Heijne, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Environmental Technology at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. She is an environmental engineer studying different aspects and applications of microbial electrochemical technologies, and served as President of ISMET 2019-2021.

Inhaltsangabe

A Readers' Guide to 'Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology'

A Basic Introduction to Microbial Electrochemical Technologies
- Microbial energy conversion and microbial electrochemical technologies
- Electroactive microorganisms and mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer
- Energetics: the redox tower and a water analogy
- Wastewater characteristics
- Microbial electrochemical technologies: systems & design
- Short alert on terminology

Electrochemical Potential, Electrode Potential, and the Need for Reference Electrodes
- Introduction to electrochemical potentials
- Electrodes and electrode reactions
- The relative electrode potential and the need of reference electrodes

Reaction Equations and Thermodynamics of Electrochemical
Reactions
- Introduction to oxidation and reduction reactions and thermodynamic limits
- How to write and balance reaction equations of (bio)electrochemical reactions
- Thermodynamics of electrochemical conversions

Static Electrochemical Methods
- Introduction to static electrochemical methods
- What are a three-electrode arrangement, a potentiostat or power supply, and for what are they needed?
- The electrochemical double layer and capacitive current
- Potentiometry, amperometry, coulometry and constant current measurements
- Chronoamperometry

Electrochemical Kinetics
- Introduction to electrochemical kinetics
- Basics of electrochemical kinetics
- Electrochemical reversibility
- Overpotential
- The overpotential due to mass transfer
- Potential-current plots and electrode kinetics
- The Butler-Volmer equation
- Tafel equation and Tafel plots
- Electrocatalysis

Dynamic Electrochemical Methods
- Introduction to electrochemical methods with changing electrode potential
- Voltammetry
- Cyclic voltammetry
- Redox-active components in microorganisms
- Acquisition of polarization and power curves using stepwise chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry
- Acquisition of polarization curves using external resistance
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Electrochemical Analysis of Reactors
- Introduction to characterization of microbial electrochemical cells
- Mass and electron balances and efficiency of conversions
- Polarization and power curves: analysis of measured data
- Internal resistance and potential losses
- Energy efficiency and voltage efficiency
- Ionic current and transport numbers

The Beauty and Complexity of Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology

Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Solutions to exercises