PMID- 26735875
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161020
LR  - 20161230
IS  - 1873-4235 (Electronic)
IS  - 0956-5663 (Linking)
VI  - 79
DP  - 2016 May 15
TI  - Enhanced biofilm distribution and cell performance of microfluidic microbial fuel 
      cells with multiple anolyte inlets.
PG  - 406-10
LID - S0956-5663(15)30717-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.067 [doi]
AB  - A laminar-flow controlled microfluidic microbial fuel cell (MMFC) is considered 
      as a promising approach to be a bio-electrochemical system (BES). But poor 
      bacterial colonization and low power generation are two severe bottlenecks to 
      restrict its development. In this study, we reported a MMFC with multiple anolyte 
      inlets (MMFC-MI) to enhance the biofilm formation and promote the power density 
      of MMFCs. Voltage profiles during the inoculation process demonstrated MMFC-MI 
      had a faster start-up process than the conventional microfluidic microbial fuel 
      cell with one inlet (MMFC-OI). Meanwhile, benefited from the periodical 
      replenishment of boundary layer near the electrode, a more densely-packed 
      bacterial aggregation was observed along the flow direction and also the 
      substantially low internal resistance for MMFC-MI. Most importantly, the output 
      power density of MMFC-MI was the highest value among the reported microl-scale MFCs 
      to our best knowledge. The presented MMFC-MI appears promising for bio-chip 
      technology and extends the scope of microfluidic energy.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Yang, Yang
AU  - Yang Y
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
FAU - Ye, Dingding
AU  - Ye D
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China. 
      Electronic address: dingdingye@cqu.edu.cn.
FAU - Liao, Qiang
AU  - Liao Q
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China. 
      Electronic address: lqzx@cqu.edu.cn.
FAU - Zhang, Pengqing
AU  - Zhang P
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
FAU - Zhu, Xun
AU  - Zhu X
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
FAU - Li, Jun
AU  - Li J
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
FAU - Fu, Qian
AU  - Fu Q
AD  - Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems 
      (Chongqing University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400030, China; Institute 
      of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20151221
PL  - England
TA  - Biosens Bioelectron
JT  - Biosensors & bioelectronics
JID - 9001289
SB  - IM
MH  - *Bioelectric Energy Sources
MH  - Biofilms/*growth & development
MH  - *Biosensing Techniques
MH  - Electrodes
MH  - Microfluidics/methods
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Biofilm
OT  - Laminar flow
OT  - Microfluidic
OT  - Miniature microbial fuel cells
EDAT- 2016/01/07 06:00
MHDA- 2016/10/21 06:00
CRDT- 2016/01/07 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/12/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/01/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0956-5663(15)30717-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.067 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Biosens Bioelectron. 2016 May 15;79:406-10. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.067. Epub 
      2015 Dec 21.