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 …

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 …

Microbial electron transport and energy conservation–the foundation for optimizing bioelectrochemical systems

F Kracke, I Vassilev, JO Krömer - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbial electrochemical techniques describe a variety of emerging technologies that use
electrode–bacteria interactions for biotechnology applications including the production of …

Application of advanced anodes in microbial fuel cells for power generation: A review

T Cai, L Meng, G Chen, Y Xi, N Jiang, J Song, S Zheng… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) the most extensively described bioelectrochemical systems
(BES), have been made remarkable progress in the past few decades. Although the energy …

Metal–organic‐framework‐derived dual metal‐and nitrogen‐doped carbon as efficient and robust oxygen reduction reaction catalysts for microbial fuel cells

H Tang, S Cai, S Xie, Z Wang, Y Tong… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/advs. 201500265 been developed for the replacing of Pt-based catalysts.
However, it is still challenging to achieve satisfying ORR performance with these …

Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances

R Kumar, L Singh, AW Zularisam… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a versatile renewable energy technology. This
is particularly because of the multidimensional applications of this eco‐friendly technology …

The microbe electric: conversion of organic matter to electricity

DR Lovley - Current opinion in Biotechnology, 2008 - Elsevier
Broad application of microbial fuel cells will require substantial increases in current density.
A better understanding of the microbiology of these systems may help. Recent studies have …

Graphene/carbon cloth anode for high-performance mediatorless microbial fuel cells

J Liu, Y Qiao, CX Guo, S Lim, H Song, CM Li - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Graphene was electrochemically deposited on carbon cloth to fabricate an anode for a
Pseudomonas aeruginosa mediatorless microbial fuel cell (MFC). The graphene …

Biological hydrogen production: prospects and challenges

HS Lee, WFJ Vermaas, BE Rittmann - Trends in biotechnology, 2010 - cell.com
Hydrogen gas provides exceptional value as an energy carrier and industrial feedstock, but
currently is produced entirely by reforming fossil fuels. Biological hydrogen production (BioH …

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

Y Yang, M Xu, J Guo, G Sun - Process Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), typically microbial fuel cells (MFCs), have attracted
increasing attention in the past decade due to their promising applications in many fields …