Peng Kun-Tao, Wang Xiang, Peng Gong, Yu Lin, Li Hong-Ye
Key Laboratory of Clean Chemistry Technology of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Key Laboratory of Eutrophication and Red Tide Prevention of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021 Mar 3;9:638971. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.638971. eCollection 2021.
Microalgae, as potential biodiesel feedstocks, have been widely reported to accumulate oil via genetic engineering techniques, or environmental stress regulation. Recently, the utilization of fuel cell technology to convert biomass into electricity has attracted much more attention due to its high efficiency, low pollution, low noise by microalgae as feedstocks. Normally, platinum and analogous noble metals as catalysts have been already demonstrated although they still exist lots of shortcomings. This mini review presents an overview of various fuel cell technologies with phosphomolybdic acid as catalysts for sustainable energy by using microalgae. Trends from literatures demonstrate that algal-based fuel cells could efficiently generate electricity, and concurrently produce high value-added products. This critical review can provide guiding suggestions for future study of algal-based energy conversion by fuel cell techniques.
微藻作为潜在的生物柴油原料，已有大量报道称其可通过基因工程技术或环境胁迫调控来积累油脂。近来，利用燃料电池技术将生物质转化为电能因其高效、低污染、低噪音，且以微藻为原料而备受关注。通常，铂及类似贵金属作为催化剂已得到验证，尽管仍存在诸多缺点。本综述概述了以磷钼酸为催化剂、利用微藻实现可持续能源的各种燃料电池技术。文献趋势表明，基于藻类的燃料电池能够高效发电，同时生产高附加值产品。本综述可为未来基于藻类的燃料电池技术能量转换研究提供指导建议。
