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 …

Microbial fuel cell for energy production, nutrient removal and recovery from wastewater: A review

NE Paucar, C Sato - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world is facing serious threats from the depletion of non-renewable energy resources,
freshwater shortages and food scarcity. As the world population grows, the demand for fresh …

Using an anion exchange membrane for effective hydroxide ion transport enables high power densities in microbial fuel cells

R Rossi, BE Logan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
High current densities have been obtained by bioanodes in electrochemical cells, but this
performance has not previously been translated into higher power densities in microbial fuel …

Impact of cathodic electron acceptor on microbial fuel cell internal resistance

K Lawson, R Rossi, JM Regan, BE Logan - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Ferricyanide is often used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to avoid oxygen intrusion that
occurs with air cathodes. However, MFC internal resistances using ferricyanide can be …

High-rate microbial electrosynthesis using a zero-gap flow cell and vapor-fed anode design

G Baek, R Rossi, PE Saikaly, BE Logan - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) cells use renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide into
valuable chemical products such as methane and acetate, but chemical production rates are …

Microbial fuel cell (MFC)-based biosensor for combined heavy metals monitoring and associated bioelectrochemical process

K Zhang, H Cao, J Chen, T Wang, H Luo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To explore the feasibility and related mechanism of MFC biosensor for wastewater detection
under the action of combined heavy metals. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and scanning …

Facilitating the electrochemical characterization and biofilm enrichment through anode modification in microbial fuel cells

BA Hemdan, DA Jadhav, A Dutta, P Goswami - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor anodic performance is a significant obstacle for scalable applications of air-cathode
microbial fuel cells (MFCs), and it can be significantly improved with graphite anodic surface …

Accurate measurement of internal resistance in microbial fuel cells by improved scanning electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

B Kim, IS Chang, RM Dinsdale, AJ Guwy - Electrochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a scanning electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique is
proposed to confirm the variation of internal resistance (R int) including charge transfer …

Bio-electrocatalyst Fe3O4/Fe@ C derived from MOF as a high-performance bioanode in single-chamber microbial fuel cell

X Pan, W Wang, Y Chen, Q Wen, X Li, C Lin… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising green and storage/conversion technology, the microbial fuel cell (MFC) was
generally restricted by the lower power density in application. Three carbonized derivatives …

Impact of external resistance acclimation on charge transfer and diffusion resistance in bench-scale microbial fuel cells

R Rossi, BE Logan - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Reducing the external resistance (R ext) for microbial fuel cell (MFC) acclimation can
substantially alter the anode performance in terms of charge transfer (R CT), diffusion (R d) …