Development and modification of materials to build cost-effective anodes for microbial fuel cells (MFCs): An overview

AA Yaqoob, MNM Ibrahim… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are innovative bioelectrochemical approaches for natural
conversion of waste resources into energy based on the metabolic activities of inoculated …

Application of advanced anodes in microbial fuel cells for power generation: A review

T Cai, L Meng, G Chen, Y Xi, N Jiang, J Song, S Zheng… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) the most extensively described bioelectrochemical systems
(BES), have been made remarkable progress in the past few decades. Although the energy …

Carbon material‐based anodes in the microbial fuel cells

X Fan, Y Zhou, X Jin, RB Song, Z Li, Q Zhang - Carbon Energy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For the performance improvement of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), the anode becomes a
breakthrough point due to its influence on bacterial attachment and extracellular electron …

Role of carbon-based nanomaterials in improving the performance of microbial fuel cells

T Wilberforce, MA Abdelkareem, K Elsaid, AG Olabi… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are energy conversion devices that simultaneously produce
electricity while degrading the wastewater's organic materials. Despite the high potential of …

Potential applications of algae in the cathode of microbial fuel cells for enhanced electricity generation with simultaneous nutrient removal and algae biorefinery …

CN Reddy, HTH Nguyen, MT Noori, B Min - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Production of biofuels and other value-added products from wastewater along with quality
treatment is an uttermost necessity to achieve environmental sustainability and promote bio …

One-pot pyrolysis route to Fe− N-Doped carbon nanosheets with outstanding electrochemical performance as cathode materials for microbial fuel cell

Y Sun, Z Zhang, Y Sun, G Yang - International Journal of Agricultural and …, 2020 - ijabe.org
The naturally lackadaisical kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the cathode is one
of the important factors that restrict the development of air-cathode microbial fuel cells …

Microbial fuel cell technology—a critical review on scale-up issues

WH Tan, S Chong, HW Fang, KL Pan, M Mohamad… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has attracted a great amount of attention due to its
potential for organic and inorganic waste treatment concomitant with power generation. It is …

Nanoflower-like MoS 2 anchored on electrospun carbon nanofiber-interpenetrated reduced graphene oxide as a microbial fuel cell anode achieving high power …

Y Liu, T Ren, Z Su, C Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Weak biofilm colonization and sluggish extracellular electron transfer (EET) between the
biofilm and anode are major obstacles to achieving high power density in microbial fuel cells …

Functional Nanohybrids and Nanocomposites development for the removal of environmental pollutants and bioremediation

G Rando, S Sfameni, M Galletta, D Drommi, S Cappello… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
World population growth, with the consequent consumption of primary resources and
production of waste, is progressively and seriously increasing the impact of anthropic …

Porous α-Fe2O3 nanofiber combined with carbon nanotube as anode to enhance the bioelectricity generation for microbial fuel cell

Y Liu, X Zhang, H Li, L Peng, Y Qin, X Lin, L Zheng… - Electrochimica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a potential technology for bioelectricity generation from waste.
Unfortunately, it is still a challenge for practical application due to the low power density …