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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review

C Santoro, C Arbizzani, B Erable, I Ieropoulos - Journal of power sources, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract In the past 10–15 years, the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has captured the
attention of the scientific community for the possibility of transforming organic waste directly …

Agricultural waste and wastewater as feedstock for bioelectricity generation using microbial fuel cells: Recent advances

S Pandit, N Savla, JM Sonawane, AMD Sani, PK Gupta… - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been a significant accumulation of waste in the environment, and it
is expected that this accumulation may increase in the years to come. Waste disposal has …

Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation: Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges

R Selvasembian, J Mal, R Rani, R Sinha… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) technology have the potential to decarbonize electricity
generation and offer an eco-friendly route for treating a wide range of industrial effluents …

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for bioelectrochemical treatment of different wastewater streams

SS Kumar, V Kumar, SK Malyan, J Sharma… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewaters generated from several industrial sources containing organic substrates
present a vital basis for harnessing bioenergy. Aerobic wastewater treatment methods, for …

Microbial electrochemical bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) pollution: Recent advances and outlook

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, A Franzetti, S Prasad… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil contamination by petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) causes various acute problems such
as crop growth, yield, and grain quality. Many Physico-chemical and biological approaches …

The feasibility and challenges of energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants

Y Gu, Y Li, X Li, P Luo, H Wang, ZP Robinson, X Wang… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy efficiency optimization is crucial for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) because
of increasing energy costs and concerns about global climate change. Energy efficiency …

Bacterial community structure of electrogenic biofilm developed on modified graphite anode in microbial fuel cell

BA Hemdan, GE El-Taweel, S Naha, P Goswami - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Formation of electrogenic microbial biofilm on the electrode is critical for harvesting electrical
power from wastewater in microbial biofuel cells (MFCs). Although the knowledge of …

Nanostructured material-based biofuel cells: recent advances and future prospects

C Zhao, P Gai, R Song, Y Chen, J Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
During the past decade, biofuel cells (BFCs) have emerged as an emerging technology on
account of their ability to directly generate electricity from biologically renewable catalysts …

Microbial fuel cell: critical factors regulating bio-catalyzed electrochemical process and recent advancements

SV Mohan, G Velvizhi, JA Modestra… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are bio-catalyzed electrochemical hybrid systems which function
by converting chemical energy to electrical energy through a cascade of redox reactions in …