An overview of microbial fuel cell usage in wastewater treatment, resource recovery and energy production

C Munoz-Cupa, Y Hu, C Xu, A Bassi - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment is a high-cost and energy-intensive process not only due to large
amounts of pollutants but also for the large volumes of water to be treated, which are mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cells and their electrified biofilms

J Greenman, I Gajda, J You, BA Mendis, O Obata… - Biofilm, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) represent a wide range of different biofilm-based
bioreactors that includes microbial fuel cells (MFCs), microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) and …

Bacterial community structure of electrogenic biofilm developed on modified graphite anode in microbial fuel cell

BA Hemdan, GE El-Taweel, S Naha, P Goswami - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Formation of electrogenic microbial biofilm on the electrode is critical for harvesting electrical
power from wastewater in microbial biofuel cells (MFCs). Although the knowledge of …

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 …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells using substrates from diverse sources

JM Sonawane, R Mahadevan, A Pandey, J Greener - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Increasing untreated environmental outputs from industry and the rising human population
have increased the burden of wastewater and other waste streams on the environment. The …

Advances in direct interspecies electron transfer and conductive materials: electron flux, organic degradation and microbial interaction

Q Yin, G Wu - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) via electrically conductive pili (e-pili) and c-type
cytochrome between acetogens and methanogens has been proposed as an essential …

Performance improvement of microbial fuel cells for waste water treatment along with value addition: A review on past achievements and recent perspectives

P Choudhury, USP Uday, N Mahata, ON Tiwari… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to depletion of fossil fuel and rapid industrial development there is urgent need to find
environment friendly and sustainable technology for alternative energy. Microbial fuel cells …

Insights into the development of microbial fuel cells for generating biohydrogen, bioelectricity, and treating wastewater

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, N Islam, TA Parisa, N Rafa… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-electrochemical systems, such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs), serve as greener
alternatives to conventional fuel energy. Despite the burgeoning review works on MFCs …

Inhibition of AHL-mediated quorum sensing to control biofilm thickness in microbial fuel cell by using Rhodococcus sp. BH4

B Taşkan, E Taşkan - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Anode biofilm thickness is a key point for high and sustainable power generation in
microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Over time, the formation of a thicker biofilm on anode electrode …

C: N ratio shaped both taxonomic and functional structure of microbial communities in livestock and poultry breeding wastewater treatment reactor

Y Gu, Y Wei, Q Xiang, K Zhao, X Yu, X Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
C: N ratios play critical roles in determining the stability and performance of the wastewater
treatment reactor. Here, we investigated bacterial and archaeal community composition …