Recent advancement in scaling-up applications of microbial fuel cells: from reality to practicability

DA Jadhav, AK Mungray, A Arkatkar… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the current scenario, application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) is limited at laboratory scale
for wastewater treatment and energy recovery. Scaling-up applications of MFC are …

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 …

One-year operation of 1000-L modularized microbial fuel cell for municipal wastewater treatment

P Liang, R Duan, Y Jiang, X Zhang, Y Qiu, X Huang - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
This study constructed a 1000 L modularized MFC system, the largest volume so far, to treat
practical municipal wastewater. This MFC system was operated under two different water …

Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells

BE Logan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
There has been an increase in recent years in the number of reports of microorganisms that
can generate electrical current in microbial fuel cells. Although many new strains have been …

An overview of electrode materials in microbial fuel cells

M Zhou, M Chi, J Luo, H He, T Jin - Journal of Power Sources, 2011 - Elsevier
Electrode materials play an important role in the performance (eg, power output) and cost of
microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which use bacteria as the catalysts to oxidize organic (inorganic) …

Electroactive biofilms: current status and future research needs

AP Borole, G Reguera, B Ringeisen… - Energy & …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroactive biofilms (EABFs) generated by electrochemically active microorganisms have
many potential applications in bioenergy and chemicals production. Biofilm electroactivity …

Cathodes as electron donors for microbial metabolism: which extracellular electron transfer mechanisms are involved?

M Rosenbaum, F Aulenta, M Villano… - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
This review illuminates extracellular electron transfer mechanisms that may be involved in
microbial bioelectrochemical systems with biocathodes. Microbially-catalyzed cathodes are …

Selecting anode-respiring bacteria based on anode potential: phylogenetic, electrochemical, and microscopic characterization

CI Torres, R Krajmalnik-Brown… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Anode-respiring bacteria (ARB) are able to transfer electrons contained in organic
substrates to a solid electrode. The selection of ARB should depend on the anode potential …

Electron transfer mechanisms, new applications, and performance of biocathode microbial fuel cells

L Huang, JM Regan, X Quan - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Broad application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires low cost and high operational
sustainability. Microbial-cathode MFCs, or cathodes using only bacterial catalysts …

Techniques for the study and development of microbial fuel cells: an electrochemical perspective

F Zhao, RCT Slade, JR Varcoe - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) represent a clean and renewable energy resource. To date,
power generation in MFCs is severely limited. In order to improve performance, a wide …