%0 Journal Article %@ 03603199 %A Jafary, T. %A Wan Daud, W.R. %A Ghasemi, M. %A Abu Bakar, M.H. %A Sedighi, M. %A Kim, B.H. %A Carmona-Martínez, A.A. %A Jahim, J.M. %A Ismail, M. %D 2019 %F scholars:11094 %I Elsevier Ltd %J International Journal of Hydrogen Energy %K Biological systems; Electrolysis; Electrolytic cells; Hydrogen production; Photobiological hydrogen production; Regenerative fuel cells, Bio-hydrogen production; Efficient oxidations; Hydrogen evolution reactions; Hydrogen production rate; Linear sweep voltammetry; Maximum current density; Mode of operations; Onset potential, Microbial fuel cells %N 58 %P 30524-30531 %R 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.010 %T Clean hydrogen production in a full biological microbial electrolysis cell %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/11094/ %V 44 %X The recent interest in microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) technology has led the research platform to develop full biological MECs (bioanode-biocathode, FB-MEC). This study focused on biohydrogen production from a biologically catalyzed MEC. A bioanode and a biocathode were initially enriched in a half biological MFC (bioanode-abiocathode, HB-MFC) and a half biological MEC (abioanode-biocathode, HB-MEC), respectively. The FB-MEC was established by transferring the biocathode of the HB-MEC and the bioanode of the HB-MFC to a two-chamber MEC. The FB-MEC was operated under batch (FB-MEC-B) and recirculation batch (FB-MEC-RB) modes of operation in the anodic chamber. The FB-MEC-B reached a maximum current density of 1.5 A/m2 and the FB-MEC-RB reached a maximum current density of 2.5 A/m2 at a similar applied voltage while the abiotic control system showed the maximum of 0.2 A/m2. Hydrogen production rate decreased in the FB-MEC compared to that of the HB-MEC. However, the cathodic hydrogen recovery increased from 42 obtained in the HB-MEC to 56 in the FB-MEC-B and 65 in the FB-MEC-RB, suggesting the efficient oxidation and reduction rates in the FB-MEC compared to the HB-MEC. The onset potential for hydrogen evolution reaction detected by linear sweep voltammetry analysis were �0.780 and �0.860 V vs Ag/AgCl for the FB-MEC-RB and the FB-MEC-B (�1.26 for the abiotic control MEC), respectively. Moreover, the results suggested that the FB-MEC worked more efficiently when the biocathode and the bioanode were enriched initially in half biological systems before transferring to the FB-MEC compared to that of the simultaneously enriched in one system. © 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC %Z cited By 61