Current outlook towards feasibility and sustainability of ceramic membranes for practical scalable applications of microbial fuel cells

DA Jadhav, SG Park, T Eisa, AK Mungray… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane cost, long-term stability, and sustainability are major concerns when selecting
membranes in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for scaling-up applications. In recent years, efforts …

Astaxanthin as a king of ketocarotenoids: structure, synthesis, accumulation, bioavailability and antioxidant properties

A Nair, A Ahirwar, S Singh, R Lodhi, A Lodhi, A Rai… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Astaxanthin (3, 3-dihydroxy-β, β-carotene-4, 4-dione) is a ketocarotenoid synthesized by
Haematococcus pluvialis/lacustris, Chromochloris zofingiensis, Chlorococcum …

[HTML][HTML] A review into the use of ceramics in microbial fuel cells

J Winfield, I Gajda, J Greenman, I Ieropoulos - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer great promise as a technology that can produce electricity
whilst at the same time treat wastewater. Although significant progress has been made in …

Ceramic membrane modified with rice husk ash for application in microbial fuel cells

A Raychaudhuri, M Behera - Electrochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Ceramic membranes have been widely used as an affordable cation exchange membrane
in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). This study deals with the fabrication of low-cost ceramic …

Development of low cost ceramic separator using mineral cation exchanger to enhance performance of microbial fuel cells

AN Ghadge, MM Ghangrekar - Electrochimica Acta, 2015 - Elsevier
This study deals with the development of ceramic separator (CS) made from red soil
blended with cation exchanger, Montmorillonite and Kaolinite, for its application in microbial …

Ceramic-based microbial fuel cells (MFCs): A review

V Yousefi, D Mohebbi-Kalhori, A Samimi - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently, porous ceramic and clayware membranes have been widely used in microbial fuel
cells (MFCs) as separators. Chemical, thermal and mechanical stability, low-cost and many …

The growth of biopolymers and natural earthen sources as membrane/separator materials for microbial fuel cells: A comprehensive review

G Palanisamy, S Thangarasu, RK Dharman… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has emerged as an effective solution for energy
insecurity and bioremediation. However, identifying suitable components (particularly …

Enhancing the efficiency of ceramic native soil membrane using Zircon in a continuous microbial fuel cell for wastewater treatment and sustainable energy

M Cheraghipoor, D Mohebbi-Kalhori… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this proof-of-concept study, Zircon (Zirconium orthosilicate, ZrSiO 4) was used for
modification of a cheap, stable and native Kalporgan's soil (KS) as ceramic separator …

Enhancement of bioelectricity generation and algal productivity in microbial carbon-capture cell using low cost coconut shell as membrane separator

B Neethu, GD Bhowmick, MM Ghangrekar - Biochemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are the most prominently used separator in microbial
fuel cell (MFC) and microbial carbon capture cell (MCC). This study aims at evaluating the …

Production of greener energy in microbial fuel cell with ceramic separator fabricated using native soils: Effect of lattice and porous SiO2

M Cheraghipoor, D Mohebbi-Kalhori, M Noroozifar… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, ceramic membranes with different compositions have been fabricated and used
as a separator in two-chambers microbial fuel cells (MFCs). MFCs performance has been …