Microscale microbial fuel cells: Advances and challenges

S Choi - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2015 - Elsevier
The next generation of sustainable energy could come from microorganisms; evidence that it
can be seen with the given rise of Electromicrobiology, the study of microorganisms' …

Internal resistance of microfluidic microbial fuel cell: challenges and potential opportunities

A ElMekawy, HM Hegab, X Dominguez-Benetton… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
The efficiency of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is affected by several factors such as activation
overpotentials, ohmic losses and concentration polarization. These factors are handled in …

Enhancing power density of biophotovoltaics by decoupling storage and power delivery

KL Saar, P Bombelli, DJ Lea-Smith, T Call, EM Aro… - Nature energy, 2018 - nature.com
Biophotovoltaic devices (BPVs), which use photosynthetic organisms as active materials to
harvest light, have a range of attractive features relative to synthetic and non-biological …

Interplay of physical mechanisms and biofilm processes: review of microfluidic methods

A Karimi, D Karig, A Kumar, AM Ardekani - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Bacteria in natural and artificial environments often reside in self-organized, integrated
communities known as biofilms. Biofilms are highly structured entities consisting of bacterial …

Carbon nanotube modification of microbial fuel cell electrodes

AA Yazdi, L D'Angelo, N Omer, G Windiasti… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for energy harvesting devices is preferable due to their
unique mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. On the other hand, microbial fuel cells …

Microfluidic microbial fuel cells: Recent advancements and future prospects

P Parkhey, R Sahu - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the years, there has been a substantial increase in the demands of a portable, green
source of energy for powering microelectronics to be used as sensors, medical implants and …

Microfluidic membraneless microbial fuel cells: new protocols for record power densities

N Khodaparastasgarabad, JM Sonawane… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The main hurdle in leveraging microfluidic advantages in membraneless MFCs is their low
electrode area-normalized power. For nearly a decade, maximum power densities have …

Microbial communities in flowback water impoundments from hydraulic fracturing for recovery of shale gas

A Murali Mohan, A Hartsock… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas extraction from shale produces waste brine known as
flowback that is impounded at the surface prior to reuse and/or disposal. During …

Co-laminar flow cells for electrochemical energy conversion

MA Goulet, E Kjeang - Journal of Power Sources, 2014 - Elsevier
In this review, we present the major developments in the evolution of 'membraneless'
microfluidic electrochemical cells which utilize co-laminar flow to minimize reactant mixing …

The physics of biofilms—an introduction

MG Mazza - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Biofilms are complex, self-organized consortia of microorganisms that produce a functional,
protective matrix of biomolecules. Physically, the structure of a biofilm can be described as …