Microbial fuel cells: An overview of current technology

AJ Slate, KA Whitehead, DAC Brownson… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research into alternative renewable energy generation is a priority, due to the ever-
increasing concern of climate change. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are one potential avenue …

Biofilm engineering approaches for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells and bioelectrochemical systems

MJ Angelaalincy, R Navanietha Krishnaraj… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a promising future technology for a wide range
of applications in addition to sustainable electricity generation. Electroactive (EA) biofilms …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical and microbiological response of exoelectrogenic biofilm to polyethylene microplastics in water

S Wang, M Xu, B Jin, UJ Wünsch, Y Su, Y Zhang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Exoelectrogenic biofilm and the associated microbial electrochemical processes have
recently been intensively studied for water treatment, but their response to and interaction …

Bioenergy recovery from wastewater accelerated by solar power: Intermittent electro-driving regulation and capacitive storage in biomass

B Wang, W Liu, Y Zhang, A Wang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms (EAMs) can act as pseudocapacitor to store energy and
discharge electrons on need, while electromethanogens acting as receptor are able to …

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 …

Anode potentials regulate Geobacter biofilms: new insights from the composition and spatial structure of extracellular polymeric substances

G Yang, L Huang, Z Yu, X Liu, S Chen, J Zeng, S Zhou… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular electron transfer (EET) efficiency in bioelectrochemical systems has been
proven to be dependent on anode potentials. To explore the underlying mechanism …

Long-Term Succession Shows Interspecies Competition of Geobacter in Exoelectrogenic Biofilms

X Yan, Q Du, Q Mu, L Tian, Y Wan, C Liao… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Geobacter spp. are well-known exoelectrogenic microorganisms that often predominate
acetate-fed biofilms in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and other bioelectrochemical systems …

Efficient decolorization of azo dye wastewater with polyaniline/graphene modified anode in microbial electrochemical systems

R Li, T Li, Y Wan, X Zhang, X Liu, R Li, H Pu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Azo dye pollution has become a worldwide issue, and the current treatment methods can
hardly meet the expected emission standards. Microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) …

Advances in the development of electrode materials for improving the reactor kinetics in microbial fuel cells

R Agrahari, B Bayar, HN Abubackar, BS Giri, ER Rene… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an emerging technology for converting organic waste into
electricity, thus providing potential solution to energy crises along with eco-friendly …

[HTML][HTML] Cathodic biofilms–A prerequisite for microbial electrosynthesis

I Vassilev, P Dessì, S Puig, M Kokko - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cathodic biofilms have an important role in CO 2 bio-reduction to carboxylic acids and
biofuels in microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cells. However, robust and resilient …