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 …

Plant microbial fuel cell: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

S Maddalwar, KK Nayak, M Kumar, L Singh - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are considered as greener technologies for generation of
bioenergy and simultaneously treatment of wastewater. However, the major drawback of …

A comprehensive review on emerging constructed wetland coupled microbial fuel cell technology: potential applications and challenges

S Gupta, P Srivastava, SA Patil, AK Yadav - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CWs) integrated with bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are being
intensively researched with the names like constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell (CW …

Advances in microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment

L He, P Du, Y Chen, H Lu, X Cheng, B Chang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Resources scarcity and electricity demand have been dramatically increasing. Wastewater
is recognized as one of resources for water, energy and plant fertilizing nutrients …

Electricity production and evolution of microbial community in the constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell

F Xu, F Cao, Q Kong, L Zhou, Q Yuan, Y Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands combined with microbial fuel cell (CW-MFC) could purify the
wastewater while using microorganisms to generate electricity. Our study investigated …

Microbial fuel cell hybrid systems for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production: synergistic effects, mechanisms and challenges

Y Zhang, M Liu, M Zhou, H Yang, L Liang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology relies on electroactive bacteria to degrade organic
molecules for bioelectricity production. MFC is a potentially useful approach for wastewater …

An overview of plant microbial fuel cells (PMFCs): Configurations and applications

FT Kabutey, Q Zhao, L Wei, J Ding, P Antwi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The depletion of non-renewable energy resources has led to the exploitation of alternative
renewable sources such as solar energy, which is mainly employed to generate electricity …

Constructed wetland, an eco-technology for wastewater treatment: A review on various aspects of microbial fuel cell integration, low temperature strategies and life …

S Kataki, S Chatterjee, MG Vairale, S Sharma… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Constructed wetland (CW), a robust eco-technology used for wastewater reclamation can be
considered as an ideal synergism among water security, energy harvesting and …

Role of macrophyte and effect of supplementary aeration in up-flow constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell for simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy …

YL Oon, SA Ong, LN Ho, YS Wong, FA Dahalan… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the role of plant (Elodea nuttallii) and effect of supplementary
aeration on wastewater treatment and bioelectricity generation in an up-flow constructed …

Microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment: principles and evolution from microbial fuel cells to bioelectrochemical-based constructed wetlands

CA Ramírez-Vargas, A Prado, CA Arias, PN Carvalho… - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrochemical technologies (MET) rely on the presence of the metabolic activity
of electroactive bacteria for the use of solid-state electrodes for oxidizing different kinds of …