Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for bioelectrochemical treatment of different wastewater streams

SS Kumar, V Kumar, SK Malyan, J Sharma… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewaters generated from several industrial sources containing organic substrates
present a vital basis for harnessing bioenergy. Aerobic wastewater treatment methods, for …

Pathway towards the commercialization of sustainable microbial fuel cell-based wastewater treatment technologies

M Kamali, Y Guo, TM Aminabhavi, R Abbassi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have emerged and implemented as eco-friendly technologies
with the potential for simultaneous removal of contaminants from (waste) waters and …

Technologies for the recovery of nutrients, water and energy from human urine: A review

A Patel, AA Mungray, AK Mungray - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The global demand for a constant supply of fertilizer is increasing with the booming of the
population. Nowadays more focus is given to the recovery and reuse of the nutrients rather …

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) biochar as an alternative cathode electrocatalyst in an air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell

F Allam, M Elnouby, KM El-Khatib, DE El-Badan… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, Water Hyacinth Biochar (WHB) was produced by pyrolysis at 900° C
and then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) …

[HTML][HTML] Review on improving microbial fuel cell power management systems for consumer applications

J Prasad, RK Tripathi - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a renewable source of energy that produces electricity without
harming the environment. This review paper describes the importance of MFCs for future …

[HTML][HTML] From the lab to the field: Self-stratifying microbial fuel cells stacks directly powering lights

XA Walter, J You, J Winfield, U Bajarunas, J Greenman… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology relies on energy storage and harvesting circuitry to
deliver stable power outputs. This increases costs, and for wider deployment into society …

Bioelectricity generation from human urine and simultaneous nutrient recovery: Role of Microbial Fuel Cells

R Sharma, R Kumari, D Pant, P Malaviya - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Urine is a 'valuable waste'that can be exploited to generate bioelectricity and recover key
nutrients for producing NPK-rich biofertilizers. In recent times, improved and innovative …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cells directly powering a microcomputer

XA Walter, J Greenman, IA Ieropoulos - Journal of power sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Many studies have demonstrated that microbial fuel cells (MFC) can be energy-positive
systems and power various low power applications. However, to be employed as a low-level …

Economic optimization of stacked microbial fuel cells to maximize power generation and treatment of wastewater with minimal operating costs

H Mehravanfar, MA Mahdavi, R Gheshlaghi - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study proposes an optimization-based strategy to select the best electrical stacking
configuration of microbial fuel cells to achieve the highest power output and chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Electrochemical evaluation of different polymer binders for the production of carbon-modified stainless-steel electrodes for sustainable power generation …

IM Simeon, K Herkendell, D Pant, R Freitag - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, four different polymeric binders-polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), two-component
epoxy (epoxy), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-were used to …