Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: a review

H Yuan, Y Hou, IM Abu-Reesh, J Chen, Z He - Materials Horizons, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as an energy-efficient wastewater treatment technology have
attracted increasing interest in the past decade. Cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction …

Recent advances in nanostructured vanadium oxides and composites for energy conversion

M Liu, B Su, Y Tang, X Jiang… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vanadium oxides are known for their multioxidation states and diverse crystalline structures.
Owing to their excellent interactions with molecules or ions, outstanding catalytic activities …

Simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy harvesting in microbial fuel cells: an update on the biocatalysts

Y Guo, J Wang, S Shinde, X Wang, Y Li, Y Dai, J Ren… - RSC …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of microbial fuel cell (MFC) makes it possible to generate clean electricity
as well as remove pollutants from wastewater. Extensive studies on MFC have focused on …

A comprehensive overview on electro-active biofilms, role of exo-electrogens and their microbial niches in microbial fuel cells (MFCs)

GD Saratale, RG Saratale, MK Shahid, G Zhen… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are biocatalyzed systems which can drive electrical energy by
directly converting chemical energy using microbial biocatalyst and are considered as one …

Exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cells toward bioelectricity generation: a review

R Kumar, L Singh, ZA Wahid… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Exoelectrogens are catalytic microorganisms competent to shuttle electrons exogenously to
the electrode surface without utilizing artificial mediators. Diverse microorganisms acting as …

A review on sediment microbial fuel cells as a new source of sustainable energy and heavy metal remediation: mechanisms and future prospective

SZ Abbas, M Rafatullah, N Ismail… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) are different from microbial fuel cells because they
are completely anoxic and lack a membrane. SMFCs are a novel technology for the …

Enhancing performance of microbial fuel cell by using graphene supported V2O5-nanorod catalytic cathode

MT Noori, CK Mukherjee, MM Ghangrekar - Electrochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Cathodes were fabricated around stainless steel wire mesh current collector, using
vanadium pentoxide nanorods (V 2 O 5-NRs) as catalyst supported with reduced graphene …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions among microorganisms functionally active for electron transfer and pollutant degradation in natural environments

Q Zhou, R Li, T Li, R Zhou, Z Hou, X Zhang - Eco-Environment & Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Compared to single microbial strains, complex interactions between microbial consortia
composed of various microorganisms have been shown to be effective in expanding …

Composite materials for polymer electrolyte membrane microbial fuel cells

E Antolini - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, the feasibility of using composite metal–carbon, metal–polymer, polymer–carbon,
polymer–polymer and carbon–carbon materials in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) has been …