Spontaneous and Widespread Electricity Generation in Natural Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fields

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作者
Yamamoto, Masahiro [1 ]
Nakamura, Ryuhei [2 ]
Kasaya, Takafumi [3 ]
Kumagai, Hidenori [1 ]
Suzuki, Katsuhiko [1 ]
Takai, Ken [1 ]
机构
[1] Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, Resource Generat Environm Res Grp, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2730061, Japan
[2] RIKEN, Ctr Sustainable Resource Sci, Biofunct Catalyst Res Team, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[3] JAMSTEC, Ore Genesis Res Unit, Project Team Dev New Generat Res Protocol Submari, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2730061, Japan
关键词
deep-sea hydrothermal systems; electrochemistry; redox potentials; sulfide minerals; REDUCTION; LIFE;
D O I
10.1002/anie.201701768
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents discharge abundant reductive energy into oxidative seawater. Herein, we demonstrated that in situ measurements of redox potentials on the surfaces of active hydrothermal mineral deposits were more negative than the surrounding seawater potential, driving electrical current generation. We also demonstrated that negative potentials in the surface of minerals were widespread in the hydrothermal fields, regardless of the proximity to hydrothermal fluid discharges. Lab experiments verified that the negative potential of the mineral surface was induced by a distant electron transfer from the hydrothermal fluid through the metallic and catalytic properties of minerals. These results indicate that electric current is spontaneously and widely generated in natural mineral deposits in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. Our discovery provides important insights into the microbial communities that are supported by extracellular electron transfer and the prebiotic chemical and metabolic evolution of the ocean hydrothermal systems.
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页码:5725 / 5728
页数:4
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