The mechanism of bioelectricity generation from organic wastes: Soil/plant microbial fuel cells

GK Kacmaz, N Eczacioglu - Environmental Technology Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
On a global perspective, organic wastes should be conceived as a precious resource that
can be advantageous and in line with the waste-to-energy concept. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) …

Activated Carbon Electrodes for Bioenergy Production in Microbial Fuel Cells Using Synthetic Wastewater as Substrate

R Agüero-Quiñones, Z Ávila-Sánchez, S Rojas-Flores… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing global energy demand drives the need to develop new clean energy
technologies. In this context, microbial fuel cells (MFC) are one of the emerging technologies …

Highly dense atomic Fe–N4 derived from double-layer MOF as efficient electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction in Zn–air battery and microbial fuel cell

Y Wang, L Wu, K Qu, X Wang, L Wang, B Li - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
To expand the possible applications of zinc-air batteries (ZABs) and microbial fuel cells
(MFCs) and increase the cell efficiency, it is essential to develop cost effective single-atom …

Promoting electricity generated from sediment-based microbial fuel cells and remediation of copper-containing sediments using plant radial oxygen loss and root …

CW Lin, JS Liu, SH Liu - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
This study uses root exudates and radial oxygen loss (ROL) produced by plants to increase
the amount of power produced by sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) and improve …

Removal of sulfur and nitrogen pollutants in a sediment microbial fuel cell coupled with Vallisneria natans: Efficiency, microbial community structure, and functional …

T Zhao, S Huang, Y Zhang, AT Chow, P Chen, Y Wang… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid development of the economy has led to an increase in the sulfur and nitrogen load
in surface water, which has the potential to cause river eutrophication and the emission of …

Evaluation of low-cost carbon/metal electrodes as cathodes and anodes in sediment microbial fuel cells

S Ghasemi, R Gheshlaghi, MA Mahdavi, E Abazarian - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present study, influence of different anode and cathode materials including carbon felt,
carbon cloth, and several metal electrodes with or without carbon cloth covering on …

Atomically dispersed FeN4 and Fe2P nanoparticles anchored in N, P-codoped hollow porous carbon for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Y Wang, L Wu, K Qu, B Li - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
The combination of single atoms and nanoparticles has shown promising activity toward
oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, one workable assembling-trapping-bonding …

Synchronous and efficient removal of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus from actual rural sewage by composite wetlands enhanced with functional fillers

BX Guo, WY Shi, JY Ai, KJ Zhang, QG Wang… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
A composite wetland (CECW) was constructed by introducing P-adsorption filler (EPAF) and
activated sludge into traditional wetlands for treating actual sewage. The results showed that …

Long-term evaluation of soil-based bioelectrochemical green roof systems for greywater treatment

N Tapia, C Gallardo-Bustos, C Rojas… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Water scarcity has generated the need to identify new sources. Due to its low organic
contaminant load, greywater reuse has emerged as a potential alternative. Moreover, the …

Integrating plant microbial fuel cells and permeable O2-releasing rods to enhance copper removal and electricity generation in sediment

SH Liu, JS Liu, CW Lin - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The high mass transfer resistance of the sediment limits the migration of copper (Cu) ions
generated from the operation of a sediment microbial fuel cell (SMFC), causing difficulty in …