Microbial desalination cells for water purification and power generation: A critical review

M Tawalbeh, A Al-Othman, K Singh, I Douba… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The modern society's sustainable development and the ever-increasing population growth
are facing the serious challenge of shortage in water resources. The solution to this global …

A critical review on recent proton exchange membranes applied in microbial fuel cells for renewable energy recovery

M Shabani, H Younesi, M Pontié, A Rahimpour… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a critical review of the proton exchange membranes currently available
or under development for use in batch-mode microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems in order to …

Review of chitosan-based polymers as proton exchange membranes and roles of chitosan-supported ionic liquids

NAH Rosli, KS Loh, WY Wong, RM Yunus… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Perfluorosulphonic acid-based membranes such as Nafion are widely used in fuel cell
applications. However, these membranes have several drawbacks, including high expense …

Comprehensive investigation of physicochemical and electrochemical properties of sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) membranes with different degrees of …

MJ Parnian, S Rowshanzamir, F Gashoul - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The investigation of the effect of various degrees of sulfonation (DS) is important for the
selection and modification of hydrocarbon type membranes towards ion exchange …

Performance improvement of microbial fuel cell using experimental investigation and fuzzy modelling

M Ghasemi, H Rezk - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The yield of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) is significantly influenced by the media composition,
which mainly consists of carbon, nitrogen sources and aeration rate. This study uses fuzzy …

A comprehensive review of microbial desalination cells for present and future challenges

AS Jatoi, Z Hashmi, SA Mazari, NM Mubarak, RR Karri… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial desalination cell (MDC) is an emerging bio-electrochemical system technology
used for wastewater decontamination, seawater desalination, and co-energy production …

Advances in polymeric cation exchange membranes for electrodialysis: An overview

AK Thakur, M Malmali - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•This review addresses the current status of the state-of-the-art cation exchange
membranes (CEMs).•The progress in designing homogeneous, heterogeneous, and surface …

Improving MFC efficiency in power generation and COD removal by using protic ionic liquid in MWCNT-CS-2-aminothiazole-SO3H nanoparticle-infused sulfonated …

P Shadman, A Shakeri, S Zinadini - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This study exhibits a novel nanofiller, functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube
(MWCNT)/chitosan (CS) by 2-aminothiazole/SO 3 H. This synthesized nanofiller was …

Application of proton-conducting sulfonated polysulfone incorporated MIL-100 (Fe) composite materials for polymer-electrolyte membrane microbial fuel cells

B Roshanravan, H Younesi, M Abdollahi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aimed to evaluate a microbial fuel cell (MFC) device equipped with a novel
composite polymer-electrolyte membrane consisting of the metal-organic framework and …

Experimental study on efficient removal of total iron from wastewater using magnetic-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes

V Alimohammadi, M Sedighi, E Jabbari - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MMWCNTs) were used for the removal of total
iron from wastewater samples. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope …