Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microbial fuel cell
- Patent Title (中): 微生物燃料电池
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Application No.: US12934876Application Date: 2009-03-27
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Publication No.: US08852765B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Kazuhito Hashimoto , Ryuhei Nakamura , Fumiyoshi Kai , Kazuya Watanabe , Soichiro Kato
- Applicant: Kazuhito Hashimoto , Ryuhei Nakamura , Fumiyoshi Kai , Kazuya Watanabe , Soichiro Kato
- Applicant Address: JP Saitama JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency,The University of Tokyo
- Current Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency,The University of Tokyo
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saitama JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Agent J. Rodman Steele, Jr.; Gregory M. Lefkowitz
- Priority: JP2008-086195 20080328; JP2008-249178 20080926
- International Application: PCT/JP2009/056385 WO 20090327
- International Announcement: WO2009/119846 WO 20091001
- Main IPC: H01M8/16
- IPC: H01M8/16 ; C12N1/20 ; H01M4/86 ; H01M4/90 ; C12P3/00 ; C12P1/04

Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a microbial fuel cell capable of increasing a current density without employing a mediator. The microbial fuel cell 1 includes a 3-dimensionally structured agglomerate formed from conductive fine particles 2 and microorganisms 3. In the agglomerate 4, the conductive fine particles 2 disperse among pieces of Shewanella 3 and the conductive fine particles 2 are coupled to one another to hold Shewanella 3, thus forming the 3-dimensional structure as a whole. Accordingly, with respect to Shewanella 3, conductive fine particles 2 hold Shewanella 3a on a surface of an electrode 103 and even Shewanella 3b positioned vertically away from the surface of the electrode 103. Hence, it becomes possible that more pieces of Shewanella 3 are allowed to transfer electrons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110236725A1 MICROBIAL FUEL CELL Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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