Agricultural waste and wastewater as feedstock for bioelectricity generation using microbial fuel cells: Recent advances

S Pandit, N Savla, JM Sonawane, AMD Sani, PK Gupta… - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a significant accumulation of waste in the environment, and it
is expected that this accumulation may increase in the years to come. Waste disposal has …

Microbial fuel cells a state-of-the-art technology for wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation

S Mohyudin, R Farooq, F Jubeen, T Rasheed… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment and electricity generation have been the major concerns for the last
few years. The scarcity of fossil fuels has led to the development of unconventional energy …

Modeling and optimization strategies towards performance enhancement of microbial fuel cells

DA Jadhav, AA Carmona-Martínez, AD Chendake… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering the complexity associated with bioelectrochemical processes, the performance
of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) is governed by input operating parameters. For scaled-up …

Fundamental understanding of microbial fuel cell technology: recent development and challenges

KA Dwivedi, SJ Huang, CT Wang, S Kumar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The research on microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is rising tremendously but its commercialization
is restricted by several microbiological, material, and economic constraints. Hence, a …

A comprehensive overview on electro-active biofilms, role of exo-electrogens and their microbial niches in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

GD Saratale, RG Saratale, MK Shahid, G Zhen… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are biocatalyzed systems which can drive electrical energy by
directly converting chemical energy using microbial biocatalyst and are considered as one …

Exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cells toward bioelectricity generation: a review

R Kumar, L Singh, ZA Wahid… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Exoelectrogens are catalytic microorganisms competent to shuttle electrons exogenously to
the electrode surface without utilizing artificial mediators. Diverse microorganisms acting as …

Bifunctional manganese ferrite/polyaniline hybrid as electrode material for enhanced energy recovery in microbial fuel cell

S Khilari, S Pandit, JL Varanasi, D Das… - ACS applied materials …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a sustainable technology for waste to energy
conversion where electrode materials play a vital role on its performance. Platinum (Pt) is …

A state of the art review on electron transfer mechanisms, characteristics, applications and recent advancements in microbial fuel cells technology

A Nawaz, A Hafeez, SZ Abbas, I Haq… - … Chemistry Letters and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The increase in the industrial revolution, urbanization, and deficit in crude oil resources
urged scientists to look for sustainable and renewable energy resources. Microbial fuel cells …

The impact of iron bimetallic nanoparticles on bulk microbial growth in wastewater

K Bensaida, R Eljamal, Y Sughihara… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoscale zerovalent iron particles (nZVI or Fe 0) have been widely used in wastewater
treatment and their effect on mixed community bacteria is still under investigation. In this …

Modification of graphite sheet anode with iron (II, III) oxide-carbon dots for enhancing the performance of microbial fuel cell

B Tripathi, S Pandit, A Sharma, S Chauhan… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The present study explores the use of carbon dots coated with Iron (II, III) oxide (Fe3O4) for
its application as an anode in microbial fuel cells (MFC). Fe3O4@ PSA-C was synthesized …