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 …

A review of microbial fuel cell and its diversification in the development of green energy technology

AV Sonawane, S Rikame, SH Sonawane, M Gaikwad… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The advancement of microbial fuel cell technology is rapidly growing, with extensive
research and well-established methodologies for enhancing structural performance. This …

Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: a review

H Yuan, Y Hou, IM Abu-Reesh, J Chen, Z He - Materials Horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have
attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction …

Recent progress in electrodes for microbial fuel cells

J Wei, P Liang, X Huang - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
The performance and cost of electrodes are the most important aspects in the design of
microbial fuel cell (MFC) reactors. A wide range of electrode materials and configurations …

A review on carbon and non-precious metal based cathode catalysts in microbial fuel cells

SG Peera, T Maiyalagan, C Liu, S Ashmath… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells, an emerging technology has been paid a great attention in recent years,
due to its unique advantages in treating wastewater to portable water, together with the …

Nitrogen-doped biochar derived from watermelon rind as oxygen reduction catalyst in air cathode microbial fuel cells

K Zhong, M Li, Y Yang, H Zhang, B Zhang, J Tang… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Cathodic electrocatalyst is critical to the performance of microbial fuel cells. Develo** cost-
effective and efficient catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction is therefore an important step …

Navigating the developments of air-cathode catalysts for efficient and sustainable bio-energy production from wastewater in microbial fuel cells

Y Song, P Gu, J Liu, H Sun, Z Cai, J Li, Z Xu, Z Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs), a potential game-changer in sustainable energy production,
exploit bacterial metabolic activity to transduce organic waste into electrical power …

Recent advances in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for wastewater treatment, bioenergy and bioproducts

M Zhou, H Wang, DJ Hassett… - Journal of Chemical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bioenergy is a renewable energy that plays an indispensable role in meeting today's ever
increasing energy needs. Unlike biofuels, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) convert energy …

Electron transfer mechanisms, new applications, and performance of biocathode microbial fuel cells

L Huang, JM Regan, X Quan - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Broad application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires low cost and high operational
sustainability. Microbial-cathode MFCs, or cathodes using only bacterial catalysts …

Insight into the effects of hydroxyl groups on the rates and pathways of tetracycline antibiotics degradation in the carbon black activated peroxydisulfate oxidation …

Y Chen, R Yin, L Zeng, W Guo, M Zhu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of hydroxyl groups on the degradation of tetracycline antibiotics
(TCs), three kinds of TCs [tetracycline (TC), oxytetracycline (OTC), and doxycycline (DTC)] …