Plant microbial fuel cell: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

S Maddalwar, KK Nayak, M Kumar, L Singh - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are considered as greener technologies for generation of
bioenergy and simultaneously treatment of wastewater. However, the major drawback of …

Optimizing biomass pathways to bioenergy and biochar application in electricity generation, biodiesel production, and biohydrogen production

AI Osman, ZY Lai, M Farghali, CL Yiin… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The current energy crisis, depletion of fossil fuels, and global climate change have made it
imperative to find alternative sources of energy that are both economically sustainable and …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation: Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges

R Selvasembian, J Mal, R Rani, R Sinha… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) technology have the potential to decarbonize electricity
generation and offer an eco-friendly route for treating a wide range of industrial effluents …

Sustainable microbial fuel cell functionalized with a bio-waste: A feasible route to formaldehyde bioremediation along with bioelectricity generation

MO Idris, NAM Noh, MNM Ibrahim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems, especially microbial fuel cell (MFC), are gaining popularity
owing to their eco-friendly and energy generation with bioremediation. Due to its unstable …

Exploring the effectiveness of microbial fuel cell for the degradation of organic pollutants coupled with bio-energy generation

MO Idris, HC Kim, AA Yaqoob, MNM Ibrahim - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing global industrialization has contributed in a significant increase in the release
of toxic pollutants into the environment, the majority of which are primarily organic pollutions …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the application of biochar in microbial electrochemical cells

SB Patwardhan, S Pandit, PK Gupta, NK Jha, J Rawat… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Biochar Initiative classifies biochar as “a solid material derived
from the carbonization of biomass.” Biochar is a solid substance produced during the …

A review of recent advances in electrode materials for emerging bioelectrochemical systems: From biofilm-bearing anodes to specialized cathodes

AA Mier, H Olvera-Vargas, M Mejía-López, A Longoria… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), mainly microbial fuel cells (MEC) and microbial
electrolysis cells (MFC), are unique biosystems that use electroactive bacteria (EAB) to …

Utilizing biomass-based graphene oxide–polyaniline–ag electrodes in microbial fuel cells to boost energy generation and heavy metal removal

AA Yaqoob, A Serrà, SA Bhawani, MNM Ibrahim… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although regarded as environmentally stable, bioelectrochemical fuel cells or, microbial fuel
cells (MFCs) continue to face challenges with sustaining electron transport. In response, we …

Microbial fuel cell: recent developments in organic substrate use and bacterial electrode interaction

FS Fadzli, SA Bhawani… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A new bioelectrochemical approach based on metabolic activities inoculated bacteria, and
the microbial fuel cell (MFC) acts as biocatalysts for the natural conversion to energy of …

Improvement of zero waste sustainable recovery using microbial energy generation systems: A comprehensive review

W Apollon, I Rusyn, N González-Gamboa… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial energy generation systems, ie, bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are promising
sustainable technologies that have been used in different fields of application such as …