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Jenol, Mohd Azwan and Ibrahim, Mohamad Faizal and Kamal Bahrin, Ezyana and Kim, Seung Wook and Abd. Aziz, Suraini
(2019)
Direct bioelectricity generation from sago hampas by Clostridium beijerinckii SR1 using microbial fuel cell.
Molecules, 24 (13).
art. no. 2397.
pp. 1-11.
ISSN 1420-3049
Abstract
Microbial fuel cells offer a technology for simultaneous biomass degradation and biological electricity generation. Microbial fuel cells have the ability to utilize a wide range of biomass including carbohydrates, such as starch. Sago hampas is a starchy biomass that has 58% starch content. With this significant amount of starch content in the sago hampas, it has a high potential to be utilized as a carbon source for the bioelectricity generation using microbial fuel cells by Clostridium beijerinckii SR1. The maximum power density obtained from 20 g/L of sago hampas was 73.8 mW/cm2 with stable cell voltage output of 211.7 mV. The total substrate consumed was 95.1% with the respect of 10.7% coulombic efficiency. The results obtained were almost comparable to the sago hampas hydrolysate with the maximum power density 56.5 mW/cm2. These results demonstrate the feasibility of solid biomass to be utilized for the power generation in fuel cells as well as high substrate degradation efficiency. Thus, this approach provides a promising way to exploit sago hampas for bioenergy generation.
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