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 …

Towards energy neutral wastewater treatment: methodology and state of the art

H Gao, YD Scherson, GF Wells - Environmental science: Processes & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional biological wastewater treatment processes are energy-intensive endeavors
that yield little or no recovered resources and often require significant external chemical …

Bio-electro-Fenton process for the degradation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in wastewater

H Nadais, X Li, N Alves, C Couras, HR Andersen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are ubiquitous municipal
wastewater pollutants of which several are resistant to degradation in conventional …

Nanotechnology to rescue bacterial bidirectional extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

S Kalathil, D Pant - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
An electrically active bacterium transports its metabolically generated electrons to insoluble
substrates such as electrodes via a process known as extracellular electron transport (EET) …

Anode modification by biogenic gold nanoparticles for the improved performance of microbial fuel cells and microbial community shift

X Wu, X Xiong, G Owens, G Brunetti, J Zhou… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, carbon cloth anodes were modified using biogenic gold nanoparticles (BioAu)
and nanohybrids of multi-walled carbon nanotubes blended with BioAu (BioAu/MWCNT) to …

Facile fabrication of Au@ polyaniline core-shell nanocomposite as efficient anodic catalyst for microbial fuel cells

CJ Kirubaharan, GG Kumar, C Sha, D Zhou, H Yang… - Electrochimica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrode modification with different catalytic nanoparticles or nanocomposites was
promising for improving the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, direct …

Impact of electrode micro-and nano-scale topography on the formation and performance of microbial electrodes

P Champigneux, ML Delia, A Bergel - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2018 - Elsevier
From a fundamental standpoint, microbial electrochemistry is unravelling a thrilling link
between life and materials. Technically, it may be the source of a large number of new …

Preparation of Vertically Oriented TiO2 Nanosheets Modified Carbon Paper Electrode and Its Enhancement to the Performance of MFCs

T Yin, Z Lin, L Su, C Yuan, D Fu - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A unique vertically oriented TiO2 nanosheets (TiO2-NSs) layer was synthesized in situ on
the surface of a carbon paper (CP) electrode via hydrothermal synthesis upon addition of a …

Advances in anode materials for microbial fuel cells

S Kong, J Zhao, F Li, T Chen, Z Wang - Energy Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs), unique biosystems that generate energy through
exoelectrogens, have undergone significant development in the last decades. Although …

Energy harvesting from organic liquids in micro-sized microbial fuel cells

JE Mink, RM Qaisi, BE Logan, MM Hussain - Npg Asia Materials, 2014 - nature.com
Micro-sized microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are miniature energy harvesters that use bacteria to
convert biomass from liquids into usable power. The key challenge is transitioning …