Fundamentals, applications, and future directions of bioelectrocatalysis

H Chen, O Simoska, K Lim, M Grattieri, M Yuan… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bioelectrocatalysis is an interdisciplinary research field combining biocatalysis and
electrocatalysis via the utilization of materials derived from biological systems as catalysts to …

A review of microbial desalination cell technology: configurations, optimization and applications

A Al-Mamun, W Ahmad, MS Baawain… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Seawater could be a potential source of freshwater to manage the intensified demand of
drinking water for new generations. The recent techniques for desalination and wastewater …

Recent advances in dissimilatory sulfate reduction: from metabolic study to application

Z Qian, H Tianwei, HR Mackey, MCM van Loosdrecht… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are a group of diverse anaerobic microorganisms
omnipresent in natural habitats and engineered environments that use sulfur compounds as …

Microbial electrolysis cell platform for simultaneous waste biorefinery and clean electrofuels generation: current situation, challenges and future perspectives

G Zhen, X Lu, G Kumar, P Bakonyi, K Xu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) holds the flexible potentials for waste biorefinery, pollutants
removal, CO 2 capture, and bioelectrosynthesis of clean and renewable electrofuels or …

Electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems

SA Patil, C Hägerhäll, L Gorton - Bioanalytical reviews, 2012 - Springer
Microbes have been shown to naturally form veritable electric grids in which different
species acting as electron donors and others acting as electron acceptors cooperate. The …

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor towards biowaste biorefinery and chemical energy harvest: Recent progress, membrane fouling and future perspectives

G Zhen, Y Pan, X Lu, YY Li, Z Zhang, C Niu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) holds great promise to treat a broad range of
waste streams for concurrent pollutants transformation and biofuels harvest while producing …

Production of hydrogen from domestic wastewater in a pilot-scale microbial electrolysis cell

ES Heidrich, J Dolfing, K Scott, SR Edwards… - Applied microbiology …, 2013 - Springer
Addressing the need to recover energy from the treatment of domestic wastewater, a 120-L
microbial electrolysis cell was operated on site in Northern England, using raw domestic …

Cathodic catalysts in bioelectrochemical systems for energy recovery from wastewater

XW Liu, WW Li, HQ Yu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs), in which microorganisms are utilized as a self-
regenerable catalyst at the anode of an electrochemical cell to directly extract electrical …

Microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production and urban wastewater treatment: A case study of Saudi Arabia

MZ Khan, AS Nizami, M Rehan, OKM Ouda, S Sultana… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the status of microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) as a mean for hydrogen
(H 2) production and urban wastewater treatment method. A case study of the Kingdom of …

Biocathode in microbial electrolysis cell; present status and future prospects

T Jafary, WRW Daud, M Ghasemi, BH Kim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
The application of the biocathode for hydrogen production in a Microbial Electrolysis Cell
(MEC) is a promising alternative to precious metal catalysts. However, biocathodes are still …