Recent innovations for scaling up microbial fuel cell systems: Significance of physicochemical factors for electrodes and membranes materials

HMA Sharif, M Farooq, I Hussain, M Ali… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Unlimited energy demand and rapid urbane development are major deriving
forces to generate bioelectricity through microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and have been a hot …

Biofouling effects on the performance of microbial fuel cells and recent advances in biotechnological and chemical strategies for mitigation

MT Noori, MM Ghangrekar, CK Mukherjee… - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The occurrence of biofouling in MFC can cause severe problems such as hindering proton
transfer and increasing the ohmic and charge transfer resistance of cathodes, which results …

Evaluating a multi-panel air cathode through electrochemical and biotic tests

R Rossi, D Jones, J Myung, E Zikmund, W Yang… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
To scale up microbial fuel cells (MFCs), larger cathodes need to be developed that can use
air directly, rather than dissolved oxygen, and have good electrochemical performance. A …

Low-cost Fe–N–C catalyst derived from Fe (III)-chitosan hydrogel to enhance power production in microbial fuel cells

W Yang, X Wang, R Rossi, BE Logan - Chemical engineering journal, 2020 - Elsevier
A low cost Fe–N–C catalyst on an activated carbon (AC) support was synthesized from
inexpensive ferric chloride and chitosan precursors to enhance power production by …

In situ biofilm removal from air cathodes in microbial fuel cells treating domestic wastewater

R Rossi, W Yang, E Zikmund, D Pant, BE Logan - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
One challenge in using microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for wastewater treatment is the reduction
in performance over time due to cathode fouling. An in-situ technique was developed to …

A mini review on biofouling on air cathode of single chamber microbial fuel cell; prevention and mitigation strategies

MJ Al Lawati, T Jafary, MS Baawain… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have gained considerable interests due to their potential for
bioenergy generation from the biocatalytic conversion of a broad diversity of organic wastes …

Impact of flow recirculation and anode dimensions on performance of a large scale microbial fuel cell

R Rossi, PJ Evans, BE Logan - Journal of power sources, 2019 - Elsevier
Many design and operational parameters that can impact power generation in microbial fuel
cells (MFCs), such as flow over the electrodes, can only be effectively examined in larger …

State-of-the-art management technologies of dissolved methane in anaerobically-treated low-strength wastewaters: A review

X Li, HS Lee, Z Wang, J Lee - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent advancement in low temperature anaerobic processes shows a great promise for
realizing low-energy-cost, sustainable mainstream wastewater treatment. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Structure evolution of air cathodes and their application in electrochemical sensor development and wastewater treatment

D Li, Y Sun, Y Shi, Z Wang, S Okeke, L Yang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cathode structure and material are the most important factors to determine the performance
and cost of single chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC), which is the most …

Microbial electrosynthesis: is it sustainable for bioproduction of acetic acid?

S Gadkari, BHM Beigi, N Aryal, J Sadhukhan - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) is an innovative technology for electricity driven microbial
reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to useful multi-carbon compounds. This study assesses …