Photosynthetic fuel cell using purple non-sulfur bacteria

Author

Satake, Yuki ; Otani, Y. ; Maeda, I.

Author_Institution

Center for Opt. Res. & Educ. (CORE), Utsunomiya Univ., Tochigi, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A photosynthetic fuel cell by bacteria has attracted features for a new energy by photosynthetic bacteria. Conventional methods requires for a mediator. It has a drawback because of light deterioration material. This paper is focused to develop a mediatorless fuel cell by photosynthetic bacteria with high efficiency. The purple non-sulfur bacteria is newly employed for an anode which is attached to electrode directly in order to improve power efficiency. Experimental results are demonstrated to generate power and light response of the purple non-sulfur bacteria.

Keywords

electrochemical electrodes; microorganisms; photosynthesis; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; anode; electrode; light deterioration material; light response; mediatorless fuel cell; photosynthetic bacteria; photosynthetic fuel cell; power efficiency; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; purple nonsulfur bacteria; Anodes; Educational institutions; Fuel cells; Microorganisms; Protons; Radiation effects; mediatorless; photosynthetic bacteria; photosynthetic fuel cell; purple non-sulfur bacteria;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2875-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISOT.2012.6403282

Filename

6403282