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0000-0002-1729-6755
Current Organisations
Delft University of Technology
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Trinity College Dublin School of Natural Science
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Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 28-10-2015
Abstract: High product specificity and production rate are regarded as key success parameters for large-scale applicability of a (bio)chemical reaction technology. Here, we report a significant performance enhancement in acetate formation from CO2, reaching comparable productivity levels as in industrial fermentation processes (volumetric production rate and product yield). A biocathode current density of -102 ± 1 A m(-2) and an acetic acid production rate of 685 ± 30 (g m(-2) day(-1)) have been achieved in this study. High recoveries of 94 ± 2% of the CO2 supplied as the sole carbon source and 100 ± 4% of electrons into the final product (acetic acid) were achieved after development of a mature biofilm, reaching an elevated product titer of up to 11 g L(-1). This high product specificity is remarkable for mixed microbial cultures, which would make the product downstream processing easier and the technology more attractive. This performance enhancement was enabled through the combination of a well-acclimatized and enriched microbial culture (very fast start-up after culture transfer), coupled with the use of a newly synthesized electrode material, EPD-3D. The throwing power of the electrophoretic deposition technique, a method suitable for large-scale production, was harnessed to form multiwalled carbon nanotube coatings onto reticulated vitreous carbon to generate a hierarchical porous structure.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1086/706260
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 24-08-2016
Publisher: Society for Sedimentary Geology
Date: 08-2015
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 07-05-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2014
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 06-12-2019
Abstract: A rapid rise in CO 2 has made evergreen trees more waterwise than deciduous trees, especially in cooler parts of the world.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-07-2015
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.13579
Abstract: Understanding the drivers of geological‐scale patterns in plant macroevolution is limited by a hesitancy to use measurable traits of fossils to infer palaeoecophysiological function. Here, scaling relationships between morphological traits including maximum theoretical stomatal conductance ( g max ) and leaf vein density ( D v ) and physiological measurements including operational stomatal conductance ( g op ), saturated ( A sat ) and maximum ( A max ) assimilation rates were investigated for 18 extant taxa in order to improve understanding of angiosperm ersification in the Cretaceous. Our study demonstrated significant relationships between g op , g max and D v that together can be used to estimate gas exchange and the photosynthetic capacities of fossils. We showed that acquisition of high g max in angiosperms conferred a competitive advantage over gymnosperms by increasing the dynamic range (plasticity) of their gas exchange and expanding their ecophysiological niche space. We suggest that species with a high g max ( 1400 mmol m −2 s −1 ) would have been capable of maintaining a high A max as the atmospheric CO 2 declined through the Cretaceous, whereas gymnosperms with a low g max would experience severe photosynthetic penalty. Expansion of the ecophysiological niche space in angiosperms, afforded by coordinated evolution of high g max , D v and increased plasticity in g op , adds further functional insights into the mechanisms driving angiosperm speciation.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-05-2016
DOI: 10.1111/NPH.13972
Abstract: This article is a commentary on de Boer et al . 210 : 1219–1228 .
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-07-2017
Abstract: Climate change is likely to have altered the ecological functioning of past ecosystems, and is likely to alter functioning in the future however, the magnitude and direction of such changes are difficult to predict. Here we use a deep-time case study to evaluate the impact of a well-constrained CO
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