Advancements on sustainable microbial fuel cells and their future prospects: A review

AK Priya, C Subha, PS Kumar, R Suresh… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a sustainable device that produces electricity. The main
components of MFC are electrodes (anode & cathode) and separators. The MFC's …

Microbial fuel cells in saline and hypersaline environments: Advancements, challenges and future perspectives

M Grattieri, SD Minteer - Bioelectrochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
This review is aimed to report the possibility to utilize microbial fuel cells for the treatment of
saline and hypersaline solutions. An introduction to the issues related with the biological …

The novel advancements of nanomaterials in biofuel cells with a focus on electrodes' applications

M Tawalbeh, RMN Javed, A Al-Othman, F Almomani - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuel cells (BFCs) convert biochemical energy into electrical energy by virtue of the
biocatalyst component. They incorporate bio-catalysts composed of microorganisms and …

Fast and efficient removal of chromium (VI) anionic species by a reusable chitosan-modified multi-walled carbon nanotube composite

Y Huang, X Lee, FC Macazo, M Grattieri, R Cai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chromium pollution has posed an increasing problem to the aquatic environment
worldwide, especially in industrial areas and mining fields. To date, the removal of Cr (VI) …

A sustainable adsorbent for phosphate removal: modifying multi-walled carbon nanotubes with chitosan

Y Huang, X Lee, M Grattieri, FC Macazo, R Cai… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - Springer
Phosphorus, a major culprit for eutrophication of aquatic environments, is dissolved in water
primarily in the form of phosphate; hence, it is difficult to remove, and different materials are …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of microbial fuel cell performance by introducing a nano-composite cathode catalyst

M Kodali, S Herrera, S Kabir, A Serov, C Santoro… - Electrochimica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Iron aminoantipyrine (Fe-AAPyr), graphene nanosheets (GNSs) derived catalysts
and their physical mixture Fe-AAPyr-GNS were synthesized and investigated as cathode …

Adsorption modeling of tetracycline removal by multi-walled carbon nanotube functionalized with aspartic acid and poly-pyrrole using Bayesian optimized artificial …

A Khazaie, H Kia, E Moniri, AH Hassani… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The high use of tetracycline (TC) for the prevention and treatment of diseases
has led to the formation of unknown compounds and various metabolized products of TC in …

Engineered nanomaterials in microbial fuel cells–recent developments, sustainability aspects, and future outlook

M Kamali, TM Aminabhavi, R Abbassi, R Dewil… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have recently emerged as green technology for the direct
electricity generation from polluted (waste) water loaded with organic and inorganic …

Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts derived from iron salt and benzimidazole and aminobenzimidazole precursors and their application in microbial fuel cell …

B Mecheri, R Gokhale, C Santoro… - ACS applied energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this work, benzimidazole (BZIM) and aminobenzimidazole (ABZIM) were used as organic-
rich in nitrogen precursors during the synthesis of iron–nitrogen–carbon (Fe–N–C) based …

[HTML][HTML] Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using FeNC cathode catalyst

C Santoro, M Kodali, N Shamoon, A Serov… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
The anode and cathode electrodes of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) stack, composed of 28
single MFCs, were used as the negative and positive electrodes, respectively of an internal …