Algae based microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment and recovery of value-added products

S Arun, A Sinharoy, K Pakshirajan, PNL Lens - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae based microbial fuel cells are efficient systems to remove nitrogen, phosphorous
and CO 2 from wastewater, to produce bioelectricity and value-added products from …

Overview of electroactive microorganisms and electron transfer mechanisms in microbial electrochemistry

BS Thapa, T Kim, S Pandit, YE Song, YP Afsharian… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms acting as microbial electrocatalysts have intrinsic metabolisms
that mediate a redox potential difference between solid electrodes and microbes, leading to …

Production of biofuels from microalgae-A review on cultivation, harvesting, lipid extraction, and numerous applications of microalgae

MK Enamala, S Enamala, M Chavali… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The concern regarding alternate sources of energy is mounting day-by-day due to the effect
of pollution that is damaging the environment. Algae are a diverse group of aquatic …

Advances in microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment

L He, P Du, Y Chen, H Lu, X Cheng, B Chang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Resources scarcity and electricity demand have been dramatically increasing. Wastewater
is recognized as one of resources for water, energy and plant fertilizing nutrients …

Recent insights into microalgae-assisted microbial fuel cells for generating sustainable bioelectricity

ME Elshobary, HM Zabed, J Yun, G Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Power generation from the renewable biomass sources using microbial fuel cell (MFC) has
attracted significant attention in recent years, while chemical energy stored in microalgae …

Nanoparticle applications in Algal-biorefinery for biofuel production

HEA Ali, EA El-fayoumy, RM Soliman, A Elkhatat… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rapidly depleting fossil fuel resources and rising greenhouse gas emissions have
accelerated the search for cost-effective renewable energy sources. Algal feedstock has …

Bioelectricity production from kitchen wastewater using microbial fuel cell with photosynthetic algal cathode

SN Mohamed, PA Hiraman, K Muthukumar… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, the treatment of kitchen wastewater was demonstrated using microbial fuel cell
(MFC) consisting photosynthetic microorganism as cathode catalyst. The power density and …

A critical review on microalgae as an alternative source for bioenergy production: A promising low cost substrate for microbial fuel cells

Z Baicha, MJ Salar-García, VM Ortiz-Martínez… - Fuel Processing …, 2016 - Elsevier
The environmental pollution caused by the excess of human energy consumption and the
foreseeable depletion of fossil fuels underline the need for new eco-friendly, sustainable …

Advances in the biomass valorization in bioelectrochemical systems: A sustainable approach for microbial-aided electricity and hydrogen production

M Sharma, ES Salama, N Thakur, H Alghamdi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Availability of biomass makes biofuel from bioresources more feasible. Recently, algal
biomass (AB) and lignocellulosic biomass (LB) have been widely used in …

Microbial electrolysis cell platform for simultaneous waste biorefinery and clean electrofuels generation: current situation, challenges and future perspectives

G Zhen, X Lu, G Kumar, P Bakonyi, K Xu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) holds the flexible potentials for waste biorefinery, pollutants
removal, CO 2 capture, and bioelectrosynthesis of clean and renewable electrofuels or …