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 …

Fundamental development and research of cathodic compartment in microbial fuel cells: A review

Y Liu, S Guo, J Wang, C Li - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the low power density and limited scope of application greatly impede the
commercialization of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), tremendous efforts have been devoted to …

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 …

Simultaneous boost of anodic electron transfer and exoelectrogens enrichment by decorating electrospinning carbon nanofibers in microbial fuel cell

X Lin, L Zheng, M Zhang, Y Qin, Y Liu, H Li, C Li - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a promising technology in wastewater recovery driven by
microbial metabolism. However, the low power output resulting from the sluggish …

Defined and unknown roles of conductive nanoparticles for the enhancement of microbial current generation: A review

X Deng, D Luo, A Okamoto - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability of various bacteria to make use of solid substrates through extracellular electron
transfer (EET) or extracellular electron uptake (EEU) has enabled the development of …

Rice husk-derived silicon nanostructured anode to enhance power generation in microbial fuel cell treating distillery wastewater

V Jaswal, YK Nandabalan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study aims to utilize rice husk as a source of silica to prepare rice husk derived
silicon nanoparticles (RH-Si) and demonstrate its ability as an anode modifier in a two …

Microbe–Anode Interactions: Comparing the impact of genetic and material engineering approaches to improve the performance of microbial electrochemical systems …

EM Klein, MT Knoll, J Gescher - Microbial biotechnology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) are a highly versatile platform technology with a
particular focus on power or energy production. Often, they are used in combination with …

[HTML][HTML] Design and fabrication of cascade novel Fenton catalytic nanocomposite as theranostic agent for chemodynamic/photothermal synergistic tumor therapy

M Wang, G Zhou, Y Pan, Y Xue, S Zhu, Y Yan, H Yuan… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
A graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and manganese dioxide (MnO 2) co-decorated,
polydopamine (PDA) capped iron oxyhydroxide (FeOOH) nanorod was firstly constructed as …

Revolutionizing microbial fuel cells: Biochar's energy conversion odyssey

A Javanmard, FM Zuki, MFA Patah… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fuel cells are vital devices converting chemicals into electrical energy, with electrodes
crucial for their efficiency. Biochar, a carbon-rich material from biomass, is gaining attention …

Fe/N codoped paper carbon fiber foam promoted extracellular electron transfer for a high-performance microbial fuel cell

D Jiang, K Cheng, L Li, K Xie, H Tao… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anodes are considered an important component of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to recover
electric energy from organic wastewater. Herein, Fe/N codoped paper carbon fiber foam was …