Patent ID: 8828567

Claim:
A microbial power generation device comprising: an anode chamber which maintains microbes and which is supplied with influent which includes an electron donor; a cathode chamber supplied with an electron acceptor; a cationic permeable membrane having a first face and an opposing second face and arranged between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber; a first electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity contacting the first face of the cationic permeable membrane, and being a plate-shaped porous member that comprises at least one of a sheet product, a foam product, or a solid with a lattice or honeycomb form, the first electro-conductive support material having a material of at least one of graphite, titanium or stainless steel, having approximately the same shape and size as the interior of the anode chamber, and arranged within the anode chamber; and a second electro-conductive support material having a rough surface which has asperity spreading close to the second face of the cationic permeable membrane.