RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Comparison of different biocathode start-up strategies and evaluation of their microbial community A1 Mateo, Raúl A1 Sotres, Ana A1 Escapa González, Adrián A1 Morán Palao, Antonio A2 Ingenieria Quimica K1 Ingeniería química K1 Ingeniería medioambiental K1 Microbiología K1 Sistemas biolectroquímicos AB As most of you know, carbon capture and utilisation is one of the major challenges in Environmental engineering nowadays. Several novel ideas have been proposed to generate chemicals from CO2, one of them is microbial electrosynthesis. CO2 electroreduction opens a wide viriety of posibilities to produce chemicals such as carboxylic acids or combustible gases. This goal can be achieved in a biocathode using a mixed or pure culture biofilm. This technology is currently in the first stages of development showing promising results. This research was possible thanks to the financial support of the ‘Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad’ project ref: CTQ2015-68925-R, cofinanced by FEDER funds. Ana Sotres thanks the regional ‘Junta de Castilla y León’ for the postdoctoral contract associated with project ref: LE060U16, cofinanced by FEDER funds YR 2017 FD 2017-07-17 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/6444 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/6444 NO 3rd European Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemestry and Technology. Rome.26th-28th September 2016 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 19-may-2024