A mini review on bio-electrochemical systems for the treatment of azo dye wastewater: State-of-the-art and future prospects

L Sun, Y Mo, L Zhang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Azo dyes are typical toxic and refractory organic pollutants widely used in the textile industry.
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) have great potential for the treatment of azo dyes with …

Microbial fuel cell sensors for water quality early warning systems: Fundamentals, signal resolution, optimization and future challenges

Y Jiang, X Yang, P Liang, P Liu, X Huang - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
An early warning system is important to guarantee human health and ecological safety.
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) sensor can achieve a self-sustainable monitoring without additional …

Cathodes as electron donors for microbial metabolism: which extracellular electron transfer mechanisms are involved?

M Rosenbaum, F Aulenta, M Villano… - Bioresource technology, 2011 - Elsevier
This review illuminates extracellular electron transfer mechanisms that may be involved in
microbial bioelectrochemical systems with biocathodes. Microbially-catalyzed cathodes are …

Anode potentials regulate Geobacter biofilms: new insights from the composition and spatial structure of extracellular polymeric substances

G Yang, L Huang, Z Yu, X Liu, S Chen, J Zeng, S Zhou… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular electron transfer (EET) efficiency in bioelectrochemical systems has been
proven to be dependent on anode potentials. To explore the underlying mechanism …

Microbial electrochemical technologies with the perspective of harnessing bioenergy: maneuvering towards upscaling

SK Butti, G Velvizhi, MLK Sulonen, JM Haavisto… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies have gained much attention in the recent years
during which basic research has been carried out to provide proof of concept by utilizing …

Electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems

SA Patil, C Hägerhäll, L Gorton - Bioanalytical reviews, 2012 - Springer
Microbes have been shown to naturally form veritable electric grids in which different
species acting as electron donors and others acting as electron acceptors cooperate. The …

Power generation enhancement by utilizing plant photosynthate in microbial fuel cell coupled constructed wetland system

S Liu, H Song, X Li, F Yang - International Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, a new technology that coupled constructed wetland (CW) with microbial
fuel cell (MFC)(CW‐MFC) was developed to convert solar energy into electricity on the …

Biofilm formation and electricity generation of a microbial fuel cell started up under different external resistances

L Zhang, X Zhu, J Li, Q Liao, D Ye - Journal of Power Sources, 2011 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of external resistance on the biofilm formation and electricity
generation of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), active biomass, the content of extracellular …

Electrochemically active bacteria sense electrode potentials for regulating catabolic pathways

A Hirose, T Kasai, M Aoki, T Umemura… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) receive considerable attention for their utility in
bioelectrochemical processes. Although electrode potentials are known to affect the …

Microbial community composition is unaffected by anode potential

X Zhu, MD Yates, MC Hatzell… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
There is great controversy on how different set anode potentials affect the performance of a
bioelectrochemical system (BES). It is often reported that more positive potentials improve …