Scale-up of sediment microbial fuel cells

T Ewing, PT Ha, JT Babauta, NT Tang, D Heo… - Journal of Power …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) are used as renewable power sources to operate
remote sensors. However, increasing the electrode surface area results in decreased power …

From microbial fuel cell (MFC) to microbial electrochemical snorkel (MES): maximizing chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal from wastewater

B Erable, L Etcheverry, A Bergel - Biofouling, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The paper introduces the concept of the microbial electrochemical snorkel (MES), a
simplified design of a “short-circuited” microbial fuel cell (MFC). The MES cannot provide …

Influence of enhanced carbon crystallinity of nanoporous graphite on the cathode performance of microbial fuel cells

Z Xing, N Gao, Y Qi, X Ji, H Liu - Carbon, 2017 - Elsevier
We have synthesized a porous graphite with a high degree of local crystallinity by adding
copper powder as a catalyst into the magnesiothermic reduction of CO 2. Furthermore, we …

Advances in graphene/graphene composite based microbial fuel/electrolysis cells

Z Liu, L Zhou, Q Chen, W Zhou, Y Liu - Electroanalysis, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The modifications of electrodes using graphene and graphene composites in microbial fuel
cells (MFCs) and microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have been widely applied for …

Performance evaluation of microbial fuel cells: effect of varying electrode configuration and presence of a membrane electrode assembly

A Nandy, V Kumar, S Mondal, K Dutta, M Salah… - New biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•High power output has been observed using membrane electrode assembly
(MEA).•MEA reduces electrode distance and internal resistance of a MFC.•An efficient …

In situ continuous current production from marine floating microbial fuel cells

G Massaglia, V Margaria, A Sacco, T Tommasi… - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to power remote sensors and/or data transmission devices in an aquatic
environment, sedimentary microbial fuel cells and floating microbial fuel cells have been …

Electricity generation from a floating microbial fuel cell

Y Huang, Z He, J Kan, AK Manohar, KH Nealson… - Bioresource …, 2012 - Elsevier
A floating microbial fuel cell (FMFC) has been designed and its performance has been
evaluated for 153days. The power output gradually increased to a maximum value of …

Oxygen availability effect on the performance of air‐breathing cathode microbial fuel cell

S Mateo, M Rodrigo, LP Fonseca… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of the oxygen availability over the performance of an air‐breathing microbial fuel
cell (MFC) was studied by limiting the oxygen supply to the cathode. It was found that anodic …

Sediment microbial fuel cell and constructed wetland assisted with it: Challenges and future prospects

MT Noori, MM Ghangrekar, CK Mukherjee - Microbial Fuel Cell: A …, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, the research work focus in energy sector has been shifted towards the
renewable energy due to continuous depletion of conventional energy sources. On the other …

Pulse-width modulated external resistance increases the microbial fuel cell power output

J Coronado, M Perrier, B Tartakovsky - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
This study describes MFC operation with a pulse-width modulated connection of the external
resistor (R-PWM mode) at low and high frequencies. Analysis of the output voltage profiles …