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 …

Lignocellulosic biomass based microbial fuel cells: Performance and applications

A Shrivastava, RK Sharma - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass has the potential to replace fossil fuels as a sustainable and
renewable feedstock for energy generation. Microbial fuel cell technology offers an energy …

Microbial desalination cells for water purification and power generation: A critical review

M Tawalbeh, A Al-Othman, K Singh, I Douba… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The modern society's sustainable development and the ever-increasing population growth
are facing the serious challenge of shortage in water resources. The solution to this global …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells using substrates from diverse sources

JM Sonawane, R Mahadevan, A Pandey, J Greener - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Increasing untreated environmental outputs from industry and the rising human population
have increased the burden of wastewater and other waste streams on the environment. The …

Advances in the biomass valorization in bioelectrochemical systems: A sustainable approach for microbial-aided electricity and hydrogen production

M Sharma, ES Salama, N Thakur, H Alghamdi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Availability of biomass makes biofuel from bioresources more feasible. Recently, algal
biomass (AB) and lignocellulosic biomass (LB) have been widely used in …

The novel advancements of nanomaterials in biofuel cells with a focus on electrodes' applications

M Tawalbeh, RMN Javed, A Al-Othman, F Almomani - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuel cells (BFCs) convert biochemical energy into electrical energy by virtue of the
biocatalyst component. They incorporate bio-catalysts composed of microorganisms and …

Bioelectrochemical systems: sustainable bio-energy powerhouses

MM Gul, KS Ahmad - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems comprise of several types of cells, from basic microbial fuel cells
(MFC) to photosynthetic MFCs and from plant MFCs to biophotovoltaics. All these cells …

Bioenergy generation and phenol degradation through microbial fuel cells energized by domestic organic waste

AA Yaqoob, N Al-Zaqri, M Alamzeb, F Hussain, SE Oh… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) seem to have emerged in recent years to degrade the organic
pollutants from wastewater. The current research also focused on phenol biodegradation …

Bioelectricity production from blueberry waste

S Rojas-Flores, SM Benites, M De La Cruz-Noriega… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global warming and the increase in organic waste from agro-industries create a major
problem for the environment. In this sense, microbial fuel cells (MFC) have great potential for …

Enhancing power generation in microbial fuel cell using tungsten carbide on reduced graphene oxide as an efficient anode catalyst material

HO Mohamed, SA Talas, ET Sayed, SG Park, T Eisa… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Tungsten carbide (WC) and tungsten carbide on reduced graphene oxide (WC+ rGO)
nanolayers show outstanding performance as anode catalysts in microbial fuel cells for the …