Patents Assigned to Plant-e Knowledge B.V.
  • Device and method for converting light energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 8637171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a reactor, where the reactor comprises an anode compartment and a cathode compartment, and where the anode compartment comprises a) an anodophilic micro-organism capable of oxidizing an electron donor compound, and b) a living plant or part thereof. The invention also relates to a method for converting light energy into electrical energy and/or hydrogen, where a feedstock comprising an electron donor compound is introduced into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Plant-e Knowledge B.V.
    Inventors: Hubertus Victor Marie Hamelers, David Petrus Bonifacius Theodorus Bernardus Strik, Jan Frederik Hendrik Snel, Cees Jan Nico Buisman