Microbial fuel cells for bioelectricity production from waste as sustainable prospect of future energy sector

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, KH Ng, AM Papadopoulos, AT Le… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is lauded for its potentials to solve both energy crisis and
environmental pollution. Technologically, it offers the capability to harness electricity from …

Overview of electroactive microorganisms and electron transfer mechanisms in microbial electrochemistry

BS Thapa, T Kim, S Pandit, YE Song, YP Afsharian… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electroactive microorganisms acting as microbial electrocatalysts have intrinsic metabolisms
that mediate a redox potential difference between solid electrodes and microbes, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biological approaches towards anode biofilm engineering for improvement of extracellular electron transfer in microbial fuel cells

T Naaz, A Kumar, A Vempaty, N Singhal… - Environmental …, 2023 - eeer.org
Over the last two decades, scientific communities have been more interested in turning
organic waste materials into bioenergy. Microbial fuel cells (MFC) can degrade organic …

Electro-fermentation: sustainable bioproductions steered by electricity

B Virdis, RD Hoelzle, A Marchetti, ST Boto… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The market of biobased products obtainable via fermentation processes has steadily
increased over the past few years, driven by the need to create a decarbonized economy. To …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial electro-fermentation for synthesis of chemicals and biofuels driven by bi-directional extracellular electron transfer

Z Gong, H Yu, J Zhang, F Li, H Song - Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Electroactive bacteria could perform bi-directional extracellular electron transfer (EET) to
exchange electrons and energy with extracellular environments, thus playing a central role …

Valorisation of CO2 into Value-Added Products via Microbial Electrosynthesis (MES) and Electro-Fermentation Technology

M Quraishi, K Wani, S Pandit, PK Gupta, AK Rai… - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial electrocatalysis reckons on microbes as catalysts for reactions occurring at
electrodes. Microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells are well-known in this context; …

Oxidation of food waste as an organic substrate in a single chamber microbial fuel cell to remove the pollutant with energy generation

AA Yaqoob, MABA Bakar, HC Kim, A Ahmad… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lead (Pb 2+) is considered a toxic metal ion and has a negative impact on human
health. This work demonstrates that the Pb 2+ ions in wastewater may be reduced using a …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of microbial electrochemical systems and photocatalysis for sustainable treatment of organic recalcitrant wastewaters: Main mechanisms, recent …

R Rafieenia, M Sulonen, M Mahmoud… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, microbial electrochemical systems (MESs) have demonstrated to be an
environmentally friendly technology for wastewater treatment and simultaneous production …

Acclimatization of a microbial consortium into a stable biofilm to produce energy and 1, 3-propanediol from glycerol in a microbial fuel cell

GG Halfeld, EJR de Almeida, V Reginatto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, is a potential substrate for producing
electricity and value-added products in bioelectrochemical systems. Here, we demonstrate a …

Simultaneous biodegradation of Teflaro contained wastewater and electricity generation in an air–cathode microbial fuel cell

P Cheng, Y Zhang, X Ying, H Ma, Y Zhang, M Liu… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the broad-spectrum antibacterial effect, 5th-generation cephalosporin fosamil
(Teflaro) is highly resistant to traditional chemical and biological degradation. Here …