Review on microbial fuel cells applications, developments and costs

JV Boas, VB Oliveira, M Simões, AMFR Pinto - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has attracted significant attention in the last years
due to its potential to recover energy in a wastewater treatment. The idea of using an MFC in …

Efficiency of microbial fuel cells in the treatment and energy recovery from food wastes: trends and applications-a review

SD Kumar, M Yasasve, G Karthigadevi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising global population and their food habits result in food wastage and cause an
obstacle in its treatment and disposal. Due to the rapid shift in the lifestyle of the human …

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers anchoring Fe nanoparticles as biocompatible anode for boosting extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells

Y Liu, J Wang, Y Sun, H Li, Z Zhai, S Guo, T Ren… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sluggish extracellular electron transfer (EET) at the anode interface is the major obstacle to
achieving satisfactory power density in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). To boost the EET …

Advancements on sustainable microbial fuel cells and their future prospects: A review

AK Priya, C Subha, PS Kumar, R Suresh… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a sustainable device that produces electricity. The main
components of MFC are electrodes (anode & cathode) and separators. The MFC's …

Recent innovations for scaling up microbial fuel cell systems: Significance of physicochemical factors for electrodes and membranes materials

HMA Sharif, M Farooq, I Hussain, M Ali… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Unlimited energy demand and rapid urbane development are major deriving
forces to generate bioelectricity through microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and have been a hot …

Investigating performance of flower-like CoCu-MOF supported on carbon felt as a binder-free anode electrode in direct ethanol fuel cell

T Mohammadi, MG Hosseini, H Ashassi-Sorkhabi… - Synthetic Metals, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) have offered a new superior choice for
designing the distribution of metal mixtures in carbon substrates for energy applications …

Development of a three-dimensional macroporous sponge biocathode coated with carbon nanotube–MXene composite for high-performance microbial …

K Tahir, N Maile, AA Ghani, B Kim, J Jang, DS Lee - Bioelectrochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is a renewable energy platform capable of reducing the
carbon footprint by converting carbon dioxide/bicarbonate to useful chemical commodities …

Carbon nanotubes encapsulating FeS2 micropolyhedrons as an anode electrocatalyst for improving the power generation of microbial fuel cells

Y Liu, Y Sun, M Zhang, S Guo, Z Su, T Ren… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The low power density originating from poor electroactive bacteria (EAB) adhesion and
sluggish extracellular electron transfer (EET) at the anode interface, is a major impediment …

A mini review of the effect of modified carbon paper, carbon felt, and carbon cloth electrodes on the performance of microbial fuel cell

M Al-Badani, PL Chong, HS Lim - International Journal of Green …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have attracted much interest as an alternative energy conversion
technology and as a system for recovering and treating wastewater. MFC is a powerful …

General aspects and novel PEMss in microbial fuel cell technology: A review

D Vidhyeswari, A Surendhar, S Bhuvaneshwari - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The current scenario of energy production is mostly shifted towards sustainable renewable
energy sources. Other than the energy production from natural resources such as sun, wind …