Tailored functional electrode structures for SMART bioreactors
(A05)
Subject Area
Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis
Biological Process Engineering
Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering
Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
Term
since 2023
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 503850735
New carbon foam electrodes will be developed based on a ceramic template CVD process. By tailoring a porous microstructure for optimal microorganism activity and biofilm growths measured by small flow cell reactors for rapid testing of small electrode samples. To propose generic rules for the prediction of microbe electrode interactions, we will elucidate the molecular basis of the cellular response to the different materials using transcriptomic analyses. With a promising subset of materials, we aim for a first upscaling step in a plug flow reactor system with a reactor volume of up to 5 liters.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
