A comprehensive review on microbial fuel cell technologies: Processes, utilization, and advanced developments in electrodes and membranes

G Palanisamy, HY Jung, T Sadhasivam… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells have gained great interest as an alternative energy conversion system
for generating bioenergy. As a bioelectrochemical hybrid system, microbial fuel cells …

[HTML][HTML] Electricigens in the anode of microbial fuel cells: pure cultures versus mixed communities

Y Cao, H Mu, W Liu, R Zhang, J Guo, M Xian… - Microbial cell …, 2019 - Springer
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an environmentally friendly technology for electricity harvesting
from a variety of substrates. Microorganisms used as catalysts in the anodic chamber, which …

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) power performance improvement through enhanced microbial electrogenicity

M Li, M Zhou, X Tian, C Tan, CT McDaniel… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Within the past 5 years, tremendous advances have been made to maximize the
performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for both “clean” bioenergy production and …

Recent advances and emerging challenges in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for microbial production of hydrogen and value-added chemicals

A Kadier, MS Kalil, P Abdeshahian… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a potentially attractive green technology to tackle the
global warming and energy crisis, which employs electrochemically active bacteria to …

Towards hydrogen production from waste activated sludge: Principles, challenges and perspectives

Q Fu, D Wang, X Li, Q Yang, Q Xu, BJ Ni… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen production from waste activated sludge (WAS) was widely considered and
intensively investigated as a promising technology to recover energy from wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and their applications in environmental biotechnology for sustainable Resource recovery

DM George, AS Vincent, HR Mackey - Biotechnology reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria (APB) are a phylogenetically diverse group of organisms
that can harness solar energy for their growth and metabolism. These bacteria vary broadly …

Microbial electrosynthesis—revisiting the electrical route for microbial production

K Rabaey, RA Rozendal - Nature reviews microbiology, 2010 - nature.com
Microbial electrocatalysis relies on microorganisms as catalysts for reactions occurring at
electrodes. Microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells are well known in this context; …

Is there a specific ecological niche for electroactive microorganisms?

C Koch, F Harnisch - ChemElectroChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The core of primary microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) is the ability of the
electroactive microorganisms to interact with electrodes via extracellular electron transfer …

A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production

D Pant, G Van Bogaert, L Diels… - Bioresource technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have gained a lot of attention in recent years as a mode of
converting organic waste including low-strength wastewaters and lignocellulosic biomass …

Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells

BE Logan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
There has been an increase in recent years in the number of reports of microorganisms that
can generate electrical current in microbial fuel cells. Although many new strains have been …