A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

A comprehensive review on microbial fuel cell technologies: Processes, utilization, and advanced developments in electrodes and membranes

G Palanisamy, HY Jung, T Sadhasivam… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells have gained great interest as an alternative energy conversion system
for generating bioenergy. As a bioelectrochemical hybrid system, microbial fuel cells …

Towards the implementation of circular economy in the wastewater sector: Challenges and opportunities

S Guerra-Rodríguez, P Oulego, E Rodríguez, DN Singh… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advancement of science has facilitated increase in the human lifespan, reflected in
economic and population growth, which unfortunately leads to increased exploitation of …

Recent progress of graphene based nanomaterials in bioelectrochemical systems

AG Olabi, T Wilberforce, ET Sayed, K Elsaid… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of graphene (Gr) to microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cell
(MECs) is considered a very promising approach in terms of enhancing their performance …

Strategies for optimizing the power output of microbial fuel cells: transitioning from fundamental studies to practical implementation

S Chen, SA Patil, RK Brown, U Schröder - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial electrochemical technologies, such as microbial fuel cells (MFCs), are attracting
extraordinary attention due to their dual functions of waste removal and energy production …

Recent innovations for scaling up microbial fuel cell systems: Significance of physicochemical factors for electrodes and membranes materials

HMA Sharif, M Farooq, I Hussain, M Ali… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Unlimited energy demand and rapid urbane development are major deriving
forces to generate bioelectricity through microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and have been a hot …

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 …

Recent advances in constructed wetlands methane reduction: Mechanisms and methods

G Yu, J Chen, G Wang, H Chen, J Huang, Y Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Constructed wetlands (CWs) are artificial systems that use natural processes to treat
wastewater containing organic pollutants. This approach has been widely applied in both …

An overview in the development of cathode materials for the improvement in power generation of microbial fuel cells

S Qiu, Z Guo, F Naz, Z Yang, C Yu - Bioelectrochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Since the high cost and low power generation hinder the overall practical application of
microbial fuel cells (MFCs), numerous attempts have been made in the field of cathode …

[HTML][HTML] The influential role of external electrical load in microbial fuel cells and related improvement strategies: a review

L Koók, N Nemestóthy, K Bélafi-Bakó, P Bakonyi - Bioelectrochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The scope of the current review is to discuss and evaluate the role of the external electrical
load/resistor (EEL) on the overall behavior and functional properties of microbial fuel cells …