A comprehensive review on microbial fuel cell technologies: Processes, utilization, and advanced developments in electrodes and membranes

G Palanisamy, HY Jung, T Sadhasivam… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells have gained great interest as an alternative energy conversion system
for generating bioenergy. As a bioelectrochemical hybrid system, microbial fuel cells …

A review of proton exchange membranes based on protic ionic liquid/polymer blends for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

HA Elwan, M Mamlouk, K Scott - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, increasing research attention has been devoted to protic ionic liquids (ILs)
because of their versatile properties. Protic ILs are ideal electrolytes for proton exchange …

Microbial fuel cell construction features and application for sustainable wastewater treatment

H Roy, TU Rahman, N Tasnim, J Arju, MM Rafid… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a system that can generate electricity by harnessing
microorganisms' metabolic activity. MFCs can be used in wastewater treatment plants since …

Novel low cost proton exchange membrane made from sulphonated biochar for application in microbial fuel cells

I Chakraborty, S Das, BK Dubey… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel low cost proton exchange membrane (PEM) was synthesized, using biochar derived
from food waste by pyrolysis at 600° C followed by sulphonation and using a poly vinyl …

A critical review on recent proton exchange membranes applied in microbial fuel cells for renewable energy recovery

M Shabani, H Younesi, M Pontié, A Rahimpour… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a critical review of the proton exchange membranes currently available
or under development for use in batch-mode microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems in order to …

Ion exchange membranes as separators in microbial fuel cells for bioenergy conversion: a comprehensive review

JX Leong, WRW Daud, M Ghasemi, KB Liew… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The urgent need to address the twin problems of the modern world, energy insecurity
caused by fossil fuel depletion and climate change caused by global warming from carbon …

Non‐fluorinated polymer composite proton exchange membranes for fuel cell applications–A review

N Esmaeili, EMA Gray, CJ Webb - ChemPhysChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The critical component of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system is the
proton exchange membrane (PEM). Perfluorosulfonic acid membranes such as Nafion are …

[HTML][HTML] The implications of membranes used as separators in microbial fuel cells

J Ramirez-Nava, M Martínez-Castrejón… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are electrochemical devices focused on bioenergy generation
and organic matter removal carried out by microorganisms under anoxic environments. In …

Single chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC) with a cathodic microalgal biofilm: a preliminary assessment of the generation of bioelectricity and biodegradation of real …

W Logroño, M Pérez, G Urquizo, A Kadier… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
An air exposed single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC) using microalgal biocathodes
was designed. The reactors were tested for the simultaneous biodegradation of real dye …

Progress and recent trends in photosynthetic assisted microbial fuel cells: a review

W Apollon, AI Luna-Maldonado, SK Kamaraj… - Biomass and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and plant microbial
fuel cells (P-MFCs) are renewable energy sources, which have been developed for various …