An overview of microbial fuel cell usage in wastewater treatment, resource recovery and energy production

C Munoz-Cupa, Y Hu, C Xu, A Bassi - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment is a high-cost and energy-intensive process not only due to large
amounts of pollutants but also for the large volumes of water to be treated, which are mainly …

Microbial fuel cells for bioelectricity production from waste as sustainable prospect of future energy sector

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, KH Ng, AM Papadopoulos, AT Le… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is lauded for its potentials to solve both energy crisis and
environmental pollution. Technologically, it offers the capability to harness electricity from …

Current technologies and future perspectives for the treatment of complex petroleum refinery wastewater: A review

BN Thorat, RK Sonwani - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, sulphides,
ammonia, oils, suspended and dissolved solids, and heavy metals. As these pollutants are …

A critical review on Biohydrogen generation from biomass

BS Rathi, PS Kumar, G Rangasamy… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global population growth and the exponential rise in energy consumption have put
immense strain on finite fossil fuel supplies and presented a danger to the environment …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells using substrates from diverse sources

JM Sonawane, R Mahadevan, A Pandey, J Greener - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Increasing untreated environmental outputs from industry and the rising human population
have increased the burden of wastewater and other waste streams on the environment. The …

Bioelectrochemical systems: sustainable bio-energy powerhouses

MM Gul, KS Ahmad - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems comprise of several types of cells, from basic microbial fuel cells
(MFC) to photosynthetic MFCs and from plant MFCs to biophotovoltaics. All these cells …

From waste to watts: Updates on key applications of microbial fuel cells in wastewater treatment and energy production

S Elhenawy, M Khraisheh, F AlMomani, M Al-Ghouti… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to fossil fuel depletion and the rapid growth of industry, it is critical to develop
environmentally friendly and long-term alternative energy technologies. Microbial fuel cells …

Enhanced MFC sensor performances and extracellular electron transport efficiency mediated by biochar and underlying biochemical mechanisms

K Zhang, H Cao, H Luo, W Chen, J Chen - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
To explore the application of biosensor in real-time monitoring of composite heavy metal
polluted wastewater in view of the low performance of MFC sensor, this study used sodium …

A carbon-cloth anode electroplated with iron nanostructure for microbial fuel cell operated with real wastewater

ET Sayed, H Alawadhi, K Elsaid, AG Olabi… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an emerging method for extracting energy from wastewater. The
power generated from such systems is low due to the sluggish electron transfer from the …

Impacts of hydraulic retention time on a continuous flow mode dual-chamber microbial fuel cell for recovering nutrients from municipal wastewater

Y Ye, HH Ngo, W Guo, SW Chang, DD Nguyen… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nutrients recovery has become a meaningful solution to address shortage in the fertilizer
production which is the key issue of nations' food security. The concept of municipal …