Recovery of electrical energy in microbial fuel cells: brief review

Z Ge, J Li, L Xiao, Y Tong, Z He - Environmental Science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Recovery of electrical energy is a key parameter for evaluating the performance of microbial
fuel cells (MFCs). In this brief review, we analyze energy data in the sampled publications on …

Microbial fuel cells: now let us talk about energy

Z He - 2013 - ACS Publications
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been thoroughly studied in the past decade and much
understanding of their microbiology, electrochemistry, and reactor architecture/operation has …

A critical view of microbial fuel cells: what is the next stage?

S Mateo, P Cañizares, FJ Fernandez‐Morales… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have garnered interest from the scientific community since the
beginning of this century and this has caused a considerable increase in the scientific …

Microbial fuel cells as pollutant treatment units: research updates

Q Zhang, J Hu, DJ Lee - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a device that can convert chemical energy in influent
substances to electricity via biological pathways. Based on the consent that MFC technology …

Active energy harvesting from microbial fuel cells at the maximum power point without using resistors

H Wang, JD Park, Z Ren - Environmental science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology offers a sustainable approach to harvest electricity from
biodegradable materials. Energy production from MFCs has been demonstrated using …

Evaluation of normalized energy recovery (NER) in microbial fuel cells affected by reactor dimensions and substrates

L Xiao, Z Ge, P Kelly, F Zhang, Z He - Bioresource technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to provide an initial evaluation of normalized energy recovery
(NER–a new parameter for presenting energy performance) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) …

Microbial fuel cells: methodology and technology

BE Logan, B Hamelers, R Rozendal… - … science & technology, 2006 - ACS Publications
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) research is a rapidly evolving field that lacks established
terminology and methods for the analysis of system performance. This makes it difficult for …

Microbial fuel cells come of age

Y Yang, G Sun, M Xu - Journal of Chemical Technology & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
OVERVIEW: Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an emerging technology which directly converts
chemical energy stored in organic matter to electricity. Driven by the increasing concern over …

Analysis and improvement of a scaled-up and stacked microbial fuel cell

A Dekker, AT Heijne, M Saakes… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Scaling up microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is inevitable when power outputs have to be obtained
that can power electrical devices other than small sensors. This research has used a bipolar …

Recent developments in microbial fuel cell technologies for sustainable bioenergy

K Watanabe - Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 2008 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that exploit microbial catabolic activities to generate
electricity from a variety of materials, including complex organic waste and renewable …