Advances in microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment

L He, P Du, Y Chen, H Lu, X Cheng, B Chang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Resources scarcity and electricity demand have been dramatically increasing. Wastewater
is recognized as one of resources for water, energy and plant fertilizing nutrients …

Exoelectrogens: recent advances in molecular drivers involved in extracellular electron transfer and strategies used to improve it for microbial fuel cell applications

R Kumar, L Singh, AW Zularisam - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has given a wide berth to the
addition of artificial electron shuttles/conduits as they have the molecular machinery to …

Recent insights into microalgae-assisted microbial fuel cells for generating sustainable bioelectricity

ME Elshobary, HM Zabed, J Yun, G Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Power generation from the renewable biomass sources using microbial fuel cell (MFC) has
attracted significant attention in recent years, while chemical energy stored in microalgae …

A perspective review on microbial fuel cells in treatment and product recovery from wastewater

S Malik, S Kishore, A Dhasmana, P Kumari, T Mitra… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The treatment of wastewater is an expensive and energy-extensive practice that not only
ensures the power generation requirements to sustain the current energy demands of an …

A mini review: photobioreactors for large scale algal cultivation

PL Gupta, SM Lee, HJ Choi - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2015 - Springer
Microalgae cultivation has gained much interest in terms of the production of foods, biofuels,
and bioactive compounds and offers a great potential option for cleaning the environment …

An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and …

S Bajracharya, M Sharma, G Mohanakrishna… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are unique systems capable of converting chemical
energy into electrical energy (and vice-versa) while employing microbes as catalysts. Such …

Fundamental understanding of microbial fuel cell technology: recent development and challenges

KA Dwivedi, SJ Huang, CT Wang, S Kumar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The research on microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is rising tremendously but its commercialization
is restricted by several microbiological, material, and economic constraints. Hence, a …

A critical review on microalgae as an alternative source for bioenergy production: A promising low cost substrate for microbial fuel cells

Z Baicha, MJ Salar-García, VM Ortiz-Martínez… - Fuel Processing …, 2016 - Elsevier
The environmental pollution caused by the excess of human energy consumption and the
foreseeable depletion of fossil fuels underline the need for new eco-friendly, sustainable …

Recent progress in environmentally friendly bio-electrochemical devices for simultaneous water desalination and wastewater treatment

ET Sayed, N Shehata, MA Abdelkareem… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) use electroactive micro-organisms for degrading
organic materials in wastes for energy and/or chemical production. Microbial based …

Review on waste biomass valorization and power management systems for microbial fuel cell application

M Ahanchi, T Jafary, AM Yeneneh, PF Rupani… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a promising technology to generate bioelectricity from biomass
feedstocks at mild operating temperature and pressure conditions. Despite promising …