Photoresponse of Diode-Biased Microelectrodes for Enhanced Microbial Metabolism
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Luo, Tianqi; Bond, Daniel R.; Talghader, Joseph J.
- Source
- 2023 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) and SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference (SBFoton IOPC) Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) and SBFoton International Optics and Photonics Conference (SBFoton IOPC), 2023 International Conference on. :1-2 Jul, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Photovoltaic systems
Micromechanical devices
Microelectrodes
Nanophotonics
Photovoltaic cells
Optics
Silicon
microelectrode
Geobacter
silicon photovoltaic cells
Microbial electrolysis cell
- Language
- ISSN
- 2160-5041
Silicon microelectrodes are biased by pn junctions to voltages favorable to the metabolism of metal-reducing bacteria. The photo-generated current of these silicon photovoltaic cells far exceeds the current draw of known microbial biofilms.