A review of recent advances in electrode materials for emerging bioelectrochemical systems: From biofilm-bearing anodes to specialized cathodes

AA Mier, H Olvera-Vargas, M Mejía-López, A Longoria… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), mainly microbial fuel cells (MEC) and microbial
electrolysis cells (MFC), are unique biosystems that use electroactive bacteria (EAB) to …

A review of role of cathodes in the performance of microbial fuel cells

A Anjum, SA Mazari, Z Hashmi, AS Jatoi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cathodes play an essential role in evaluating the performance such as power density and
especially the cost of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Various types of cathodes such as air …

Investigating the performance of different applied voltages on lignite biomethanation in microbial electrolytic cell coupled anaerobic digestion

G Zhu, Q Feng, K Wang, YC Song, Y Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The performance of different applied voltages on the biomethanation of lignite is
investigated in microbial electrolytic cells coupled with anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD). The …

Degradation and solid–liquid distribution of antibiotics in microbial electrolysis cells treating sewage sludge: Effects of temperature and applied voltage

W Wu, R Li - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is a promising technology for antibiotic removal in
sewage sludge. Temperature and voltage are key operating factors, but information about …

Bioremediation and electricity generation by using open and closed sediment microbial fuel cells

SZ Abbas, M Rafatullah, MA Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The industrial contamination of marine sediments with mercury, silver, and zinc in Penang,
Malaysia was studied with bio-remediation coupled with power generation using membrane …

Exploring chalcopyrite (bio) leaching mechanisms under thermophilic conditions

AGR Toledo, RB Costa, TP Delforno, FA Arena… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chalcopyrite is highly recalcitrant to bioleaching and its dissolution mechanisms are still
debatable. In this study, both concentrated and low-grade chalcopyrite were subjected to …

Response of sediment microbial communities to crude oil contamination in marine sediment microbial fuel cells under ferric iron stimulation

HZ Hamdan, DA Salam - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, response of the microbial communities associated with the bioremediation of
crude oil contaminated marine sediments was addressed using sediment microbial fuel cells …

Electrosynthesis of acetate from inorganic carbon (HCO3−) with simultaneous hydrogen production and Cd (II) removal in multifunctional microbial electrosynthesis …

X Hou, L Huang, P Zhou, F Tian, Y Tao… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
The simultaneous production of acetate from bicarbonate (from CO 2 sequestration) and
hydrogen gas, with concomitant removal of Cd (II) heavy metal in water is demonstrated in …

Removal of binary Cr (VI) and Cd (II) from the catholyte of MFCs and determining their fate in EAB using fluorescence probes

L Huang, P Zhou, X Quan, BE Logan - Bioelectrochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) on the cathodes of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can
remove metals from the catholyte, but the fate of metals in the cells has not been examined …

Organotrophic acid-tolerant microorganisms enriched from an acid mine drainage affected environment as inoculum for microbial fuel cells

E Leiva-Aravena, E Leiva, V Zamorano, C Rojas… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Exoelectrogenic communities for bioelectrochemical systems such as microbial fuel cells
(MFCs) are usually enriched from microbial consortia of municipal wastewater treatment …