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Enhanced Production of Biohydrogen Through Combined Operational Strategies

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Waste treatment facilities are becoming an opportunity for the generation of renewable energy carriers. Until now, methane production was commonplace in waste treatment processes, but nowadays hydrogen is awakening a high interest. Dark fermentation is a technology based on the recovery of hydrogen that is generated during the first stages of anaerobic digestion, preventing its consumption by methanogenic bacteria. Recently, nanotechnology has been introduced to improve the rate of dark fermentation. Nanoparticles, specifically inorganic ones such as iron, can increase the rate of biohydrogen production. On the other hand, biohydrogen generation from microalgae has been reported as a highly attractive approach that can achieve carbon neutrality and bioenergy sustainability by producing a benign clean energy carrier. Recent research has illustrated how biohydrogen generation can be dramatically enhanced by the presence of metal or metallic oxide nanoparticles, as they may improve the bioactivity of hydrogenase and ferredoxin oxidoreductase as well as electron transfer. Metal oxide nanoparticles can be accumulated inside cells as well as interact with intracellular substances through physical, chemical, or biological mechanisms. The present work focuses on exploring operational strategies that include harnessing the potential of nanotechnology in the activation of microorganisms of interest that favor hydrogen production by biological routes.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge support of this work by the CDTI-Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation in the frame of the project H24NEWAGE (Ref. CER-20211002) and by CYTED (Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development) in the frame of the H2TRANSEL network (Ref. 721RT0122).

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Hidalgo, D., Martín-Marroquín, J.M. Enhanced Production of Biohydrogen Through Combined Operational Strategies. JOM 75, 718–726 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05572-x

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