Factors affecting hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cell (MEC): A review

A Sharma, SEH Mehdi, S Pandit, S Eun-Oh… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are emerging sustainable power generation technologies
that can be used for biohydrogen production and wastewater treatment. The prospect for …

[HTML][HTML] The electrochemical perspective of bioelectrocatalytic activities in microbial electrolysis and microbial fuel cells

N Yasri, EPL Roberts, S Gunasekaran - Energy Reports, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Transforming organic waste directly into electricity or indirectly into sources of hydrogen fuel
is credible through exoelectrogen microorganisms grown on the anode or cathode that …

Intermittent electric field stimulated reduction-oxidation coupled process for enhanced azo dye biodegradation

Y Yuan, W Yin, Y Huang, A Feng, T Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The electro-stimulated microbial process offers promise in overcoming the intrinsic
drawbacks of the conventional reduction–oxidation process for azo dyes removal. However …

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 …

Intermittent energization improves microbial electrolysis cell-assisted thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and spent mushroom substance

S Zhang, W Guan, H Sun, P Zhao, W Wang, M Gao… - Bioresource …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cell-assisted thermophilic anaerobic digestion (MEC-TAD) is a
promising method to improve anaerobic co-digestion efficiency; however, its application is …

Microbial electrolysis cells and microbial fuel cells for biohydrogen production: current advances and emerging challenges

A Saravanan, S Karishma, PS Kumar… - Biomass Conversion …, 2020‏ - Springer
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) and microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) are develo** as
sustainable power source technologies that can be utilized for feasible wastewater treatment …

Enhanced hydrolysis and methane yield of temperature-phased dewatered sludge anaerobic digestion by microbial electrolysis cell

C Peng, T Wang, Y Feng, X Fan, J Niu, J Wang… - Bioresource …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) and microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) are
both able to improve hydrolysis and methane yield during anaerobic digestion (AD) of …

Hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cell and reactor digestate valorization for biochar–a noble attempt towards circular economy

R Gautam, NV Ress, RS Wilckens, UK Ghosh - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The relevance of sustainability through circular economy has focused on exploring biomass
for biofuels and subsequent reactor digestate waste valorization. This noble study has …

Towards the practical application of bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestion (BEAD): Insights into electrode materials, reactor configurations, and process designs

JG Park, D Jiang, B Lee, HB Jun - Water Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the most widely adopted bioenergy recovery
technologies globally. Despite the wide adoption, AD has been challenged by the unstable …

Intermittent energization improves anaerobic digestion of microbial electrolysis cell-assisted nitrogen-rich sludge under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Q Zhang, C Peng, J Pu, Y Feng, H Zhu, M Yang… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion of nitrogen-rich sludge is limited by hydrolysis and threatened by high
ammonia nitrogen. Anaerobic digestion of microbial electrolysis cell-assisted (AD-MEC) can …