Review on microbial fuel cells applications, developments and costs

JV Boas, VB Oliveira, M Simões, AMFR Pinto - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has attracted significant attention in the last years
due to its potential to recover energy in a wastewater treatment. The idea of using an MFC in …

Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems

C Santoro, P Bollella, B Erable, P Atanassov, D Pant - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an electrochemical process of the utmost
importance in energy conversion and storage, corrosion and chemical technologies. The …

Current challenges and future perspectives associated with configuration of microbial fuel cell for simultaneous energy generation and wastewater treatment

M Hassan, S Kanwal, RS Singh, MA SA… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental eutrophication of untreated heavy wastewater by industries and urban
centers is a very serious concern for environmental protection agencies. Microbial Fuel Cell …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electrosynthesis: towards sustainable biorefineries for production of green chemicals from CO2 emissions

P Dessì, L Rovira-Alsina, C Sánchez, GK Dinesh… - Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decarbonisation of the economy has become a priority at the global level, and the resulting
legislative pressure is pushing the chemical and energy industries away from fossil fuels …

Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater

R Rossi, AY Hur, MA Page, AOB Thomas… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can generate electrical energy from the oxidation of the organic
matter, but they must be demonstrated at large scales, treat real wastewaters, and show the …

Impact of reactor configuration on pilot-scale microbial fuel cell performance

R Rossi, BE Logan - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Different microbial fuel cell (MFC) configurations have been successfully operated at pilot-
scale levels (> 100 L) to demonstrate electricity generation while accomplishing domestic or …

Scalability of microbial electrochemical technologies: Applications and challenges

DA Jadhav, SG Park, S Pandit, E Yang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
During wastewater treatment, microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are a
promising means for in situ energy harvesting and resource recovery. The primary constraint …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fuelling the future: An in-depth review of recent trends, challenges and opportunities of hydrogen fuel cell for a sustainable hydrogen economy

T Jamal, GM Shafiullah, F Dawood, A Kaur, MT Arif… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen has gained tremendous momentum worldwide as an energy carrier to transit to a
net zero-emission energy sector. It has been widely adopted as a promising large-scale …

Moving towards practical applications of microbial fuel cells for sanitation and resource recovery

DA Jadhav, I Das, MM Ghangrekar, D Pant - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sanitation is the basic quality index of life and proper sanitation practices play a vital role in
maintaining the hygienic conditions. Use of human waste (urine and faeces) as a substrate …