Microbial fuel cells: An overview of current technology

AJ Slate, KA Whitehead, DAC Brownson… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research into alternative renewable energy generation is a priority, due to the ever-
increasing concern of climate change. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are one potential avenue …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cell as new technology for bioelectricity generation: A review

M Rahimnejad, A Adhami, S Darvari, A Zirepour… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, great attentions have been paid to microbial fuel cells (MFCs) due to their mild
operating conditions and using variety of biodegradable substrates as fuel. The traditional …

Ion exchange membranes as separators in microbial fuel cells for bioenergy conversion: a comprehensive review

JX Leong, WRW Daud, M Ghasemi, KB Liew… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The urgent need to address the twin problems of the modern world, energy insecurity
caused by fossil fuel depletion and climate change caused by global warming from carbon …

Ion transport in microbial fuel cells: key roles, theory and critical review

M Oliot, S Galier, HR de Balmann, A Bergel - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer the possibility to convert the chemical energy contained in
low-cost organic matter directly into electrical energy. Nevertheless, in the current state of …

A novel microbial fuel cell stack for continuous production of clean energy

M Rahimnejad, AA Ghoreyshi, GD Najafpour… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Production of sustainable and clean energy through oxidation of biodegradable materials
was carried out in a novel stack of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Saccharomyces cerevisiae as …

Effective factors on the performance of microbial fuel cells in wastewater treatment–a review

M Aghababaie, M Farhadian… - Environmental …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a novel technology that can be used for electricity generation
during oxidization of the organic substances presented in the substrate. To obtain a …

Bioremediation and bioelectricity from Himalayan rock soil in sediment-microbial fuel cell using carbon rich substrates

R Bhattacharya, D Bose, J Yadav, B Sharma, E Sangli… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
In sediment microbial fuel cells soil microbes are responsible for bioremediation by
degradation of pollutants present in it. The microbial metabolism produces bioelectricity in …

Electricigens and microbial fuel cells for bioremediation and bioenergy production: a review

J Verma, D Kumar, N Singh, SS Katti… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The rising energy demand and the decline of fossil fuel usage is calling for alternative,
sustainable energies such as microbial fuel cells. Here, we review the electricigens and …

Biomass derived activated carbon cathode performance for sustainable power generation from Microbial Fuel Cells

D Bose, S Sridharan, H Dhawan, P Vijay, M Gopinath - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Significant amount of wastewater is generated from Sewage, and treating this wastewater
consumes huge amount of energy. Microbial Fuel Cells can be used to treat this wastewater …

A review on the effect of proton exchange membranes in microbial fuel cells

M Rahimnejad, G Bakeri, G Najafpour… - Biofuel Research …, 2014 - biofueljournal.com
Microorganisms in microbial fuel cells (MFC) liberate electrons while the electron donors are
consumed. In the anaerobic anode compartment, substrates such as carbohydrates are …