Simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy harvesting in microbial fuel cells: an update on the biocatalysts

Y Guo, J Wang, S Shinde, X Wang, Y Li, Y Dai, J Ren… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of microbial fuel cell (MFC) makes it possible to generate clean electricity
as well as remove pollutants from wastewater. Extensive studies on MFC have focused on …

A review on biodegradation and photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants: A bibliometric and comparative analysis

P Singh, A Borthakur - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present era, environmental pollution are increasing manifolds due to various
anthropogenic activities. Organic pollutants are one of the biggest nuisances faced by the …

Microbial community and bioelectrochemical activities in MFC for degrading phenol and producing electricity: microbial consortia could make differences

H Hassan, B Jin, E Donner, S Vasileiadis… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) and its reactor systems have been intensively investigated for
energy production and wastewater treatment using wild bacterial consortia. Yet, there is lack …

Polyethylene glycol functionalized reduced graphene oxide coupled with zinc oxide composite adsorbent for removal of phenolic wastewater

DR Rout, HM Jena - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of agricultural activities and industrialization recently has various adverse
impacts on living organisms. The ever-increasing problem of organic pollution has been an …

Synergistic degradation for o-chlorophenol and enhancement of power generation by a coupled photocatalytic-microbial fuel cell system

C Wang, G Wu, X Zhu, Y Xing, X Yuan, J Qu - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
A hierarchically photocatalytic microbial fuel cell system (PMFC) coupled with TiO 2
photoanode and bioanode was established to enhance the power generation based on …

Bioelectrochemical degradation of monoaromatic compounds: Current advances and challenges

K Yang, M Ji, B Liang, Y Zhao, S Zhai, Z Ma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Monoaromatic compounds (MACs) are typical refractory organic pollutants which are
existing widely in various environments. Biodegradation strategies are benign while the key …

Endogenous electric field accelerates phenol degradation in bioelectrochemical systems with reduced electrode spacing

L Tian, C Liao, X Yan, Q Zhao, Z Wang, T Li, N Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reducing the electrode spacing in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are widely reported
to improve power output, which was mainly attributed to the decrease of ohmic resistance (R …

Biofouling of membranes in microbial electrochemical technologies: Causes, characterization methods and mitigation strategies

L Koók, P Bakonyi, F Harnisch, J Kretzschmar… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
The scope of the review is to discuss the current state of knowledge and lessons learned on
biofouling of membrane separators being used for microbial electrochemical technologies …

Biodegradation and power production kinetics in microbial fuel cell during rice mill wastewater treatment

A Raychaudhuri, M Behera - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The influence of the initial substrate concentration of rice mill wastewater on substrate
degradation rate and power production in a dual-chambered MFC was explored over a wide …

Co-metabolism for enhanced phenol degradation and bioelectricity generation in microbial fuel cell

J Shen, Z Du, J Li, F Cheng - Bioelectrochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Co-metabolism is one of the effective approaches to increase the removal of refractory
pollutants in microbial fuel cells (MFCs), but studies on the links between the co-substrates …