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Ein modernes Lehrbuch, das detailliert die grundlegenden Aspekte der Elektrochemie und bioelektroanalytischer Methoden darstellt, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf mikrobieller elektrochemischer Technologie. Das Werk beschreibt praktische Experimente und enthält Lösungen für konkrete Probleme, um einen leichten Einstieg in das Fachgebiet zu ermöglichen.
List of contents
A Readers' Guide to 'Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology'
A Basic Introduction to Microbial Electrochemical Technologies
- Microbial energy conversion and microbial electrochemical technologies
- Electroactive microorganisms and mechanisms of extracellular electron transfer
- Energetics: the redox tower and a water analogy
- Wastewater characteristics
- Microbial electrochemical technologies: systems & design
- Short alert on terminology
Electrochemical Potential, Electrode Potential, and the Need for Reference Electrodes
- Introduction to electrochemical potentials
- Electrodes and electrode reactions
- The relative electrode potential and the need of reference electrodes
Reaction Equations and Thermodynamics of Electrochemical
Reactions
- Introduction to oxidation and reduction reactions and thermodynamic limits
- How to write and balance reaction equations of (bio)electrochemical reactions
- Thermodynamics of electrochemical conversions
Static Electrochemical Methods
- Introduction to static electrochemical methods
- What are a three-electrode arrangement, a potentiostat or power supply, and for what are they needed?
- The electrochemical double layer and capacitive current
- Potentiometry, amperometry, coulometry and constant current measurements
- Chronoamperometry
Electrochemical Kinetics
- Introduction to electrochemical kinetics
- Basics of electrochemical kinetics
- Electrochemical reversibility
- Overpotential
- The overpotential due to mass transfer
- Potential-current plots and electrode kinetics
- The Butler-Volmer equation
- Tafel equation and Tafel plots
- Electrocatalysis
Dynamic Electrochemical Methods
- Introduction to electrochemical methods with changing electrode potential
- Voltammetry
- Cyclic voltammetry
- Redox-active components in microorganisms
- Acquisition of polarization and power curves using stepwise chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry
- Acquisition of polarization curves using external resistance
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Electrochemical Analysis of Reactors
- Introduction to characterization of microbial electrochemical cells
- Mass and electron balances and efficiency of conversions
- Polarization and power curves: analysis of measured data
- Internal resistance and potential losses
- Energy efficiency and voltage efficiency
- Ionic current and transport numbers
The Beauty and Complexity of Basic Electrochemistry for Biotechnology
Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Solutions to exercises
About the author
Falk Harnisch, PhD, is a group leader at the Heimholtz Centre for Environmental Research and a Professor at Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany. He has published extensively on microbiology and electrochemistry, and his awards and honors include the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group award as well as serving as President of the International Society of Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) 2021-2023. Tom Sleutels, PhD, is a researcher at the University of Groningen and Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology in the Netherlands. His research focuses on microorganisms and their role in renewable energy and resource recovery processes. Annemiek ter Heijne, PhD, is Chair and Professor of Environmental Technology at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands. She is an environmental engineer studying different aspects and applications of microbial electrochemical technologies, and served as President of ISMET 2019-2021.
