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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Jae-hyoung Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-ki Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Hyoung Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-Ki Lee, Seoul, KR;
Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Dankook University, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a microbial fuel cell (MFC). The MFC includes a microfluidic element having an inlet portion and an outlet portion for intake and discharge of a culture fluid containing cells and a microchannel portion for capturing the cells and interconnecting the inlet portion and the outlet portion, a microprobe-array element having microprobes as anodes for extracting electrons produced during a metabolic process of the cells, and delivering the extracted electrons to an external circuit outside the cells, and a cathode for delivering the electrons used in the external circuit to an electron acceptor outside the cells. The microprobes penetrate the microfluidic element and are inserted into a plurality of single cells captured by the microchannel portion when the microfluidic element and the microprobe-array element are coupled together. The microprobes are separated from the single cells when the microfluidic element and the microprobe-array element are separated from each other.