Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems

C Santoro, P Bollella, B Erable, P Atanassov, D Pant - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an electrochemical process of the utmost
importance in energy conversion and storage, corrosion and chemical technologies. The …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review

C Santoro, C Arbizzani, B Erable, I Ieropoulos - Journal of power sources, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In the past 10–15 years, the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has captured the
attention of the scientific community for the possibility of transforming organic waste directly …

New insights into microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) and microbial fuel cells (MFC) for simultaneous wastewater treatment and green fuel (hydrogen) generation

J Arun, PS SundarRajan, KG Pavithra, P Priyadharsini… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogen is the green fuel with higher eco-friendly and efficient vehicular fuel. In past
hydrogen gas is derived from non-renewable resources. In recent years renewable …

Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC): Strengths, weaknesses and research needs from electrochemical engineering standpoint

R Rousseau, L Etcheverry, E Roubaud, R Basséguy… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) produce hydrogen at the cathode associated with the
oxidation of organic matter at the anode. This technology can produce hydrogen by …

Importance of the hydrogen route in up-scaling electrosynthesis for microbial CO 2 reduction

E Blanchet, F Duquenne, Y Rafrafi… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Microbial electrochemical reduction of CO2 was carried out under two different applied
potentials,− 0.36 V and− 0.66 V vs. SHE, using a biological sludge as the inoculum. Both …

A novel pico-hydro power (PHP)-Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) coupled system for sustainable hydrogen production during palm oil mill effluent (POME) wastewater …

A Kadier, R Singh, D Song, F Ghanbari, NS Zaidi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to accelerating global efforts toward decarbonization, a clean hydrogen (H 2) producing
technology, Microbial Electrolysis Cell (MEC), has garnered considerable attention …

Ion transport in microbial fuel cells: key roles, theory and critical review

M Oliot, S Galier, HR de Balmann, A Bergel - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer the possibility to convert the chemical energy contained in
low-cost organic matter directly into electrical energy. Nevertheless, in the current state of …

Bidirectional extracellular electron transfers of electrode-biofilm: Mechanism and application

Y Jiang, RJ Zeng - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular electron transfer (EET) between microorganisms and electrodes forms the
basis for microbial electrochemical technology (MET), which recently have advanced as a …

Granular activated carbon stimulates biogas production in pilot-scale anaerobic digester treating agro-industrial wastewater

D Kalantzis, I Daskaloudis, T Lacoere… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work examines the continuous addition (5 g/L) of conductive granular activated carbon
(GAC) in an integrated pilot-scale unit containing an anaerobic digester (180 L) and an …

Possibilities for extremophilic microorganisms in microbial electrochemical systems

M Dopson, G Ni, THJA Sleutels - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Microbial electrochemical systems exploit the metabolism of microorganisms to generate
electrical energy or a useful product. In the past couple of decades, the application of …