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 …

Current advances and challenges for direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

HY Jin, ZW He, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
To realize energy self-sufficiency demand is a key component of carbon–neutral goal of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Waste activated sludge (WAS), as the by-product of …

Enhanced short-chain fatty acids production through a short-term anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge: synergistic pretreatment of alkali and alkaline …

H Pang, Q Jiao, J He, Z Zhang, L Wang, Z Yan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) recovery through anaerobic fermentation is a promising
pathway to achieve economic benefits and carbon-emission reduction in waste activated …

Occurrence, effect, and fate of residual microplastics in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: A state-of-the-art review

ZW He, WJ Yang, YX Ren, HY Jin, CC Tang… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The plastic products have large consumption over last decades, resulting in a serious
microplastics (MPs) pollution. Specially, the main removal way of MPs from wastewater is to …

Response of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge to residual ferric ions

ZW He, CX Yang, CC Tang, WZ Liu, AJ Zhou… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of residual ferric ions (FI), released from
iron or its oxides for wastewater or waste activated sludge (WAS) treatment, on anaerobic …

Enhanced degradation of refractory organics by bioelectrochemical systems: a review

W Kong, Y Li, Y Zhang, H Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial production activities produce a large amount of chemical wastewater, which may
pose a potential threat to the environment. Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) are a cutting …

Towards the practical application of bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestion (BEAD): Insights into electrode materials, reactor configurations, and process designs

JG Park, D Jiang, B Lee, HB Jun - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the most widely adopted bioenergy recovery
technologies globally. Despite the wide adoption, AD has been challenged by the unstable …

Advanced bioelectrochemical system for nitrogen removal in wastewater

D Su, Y Chen - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) pollution in water has become a serious issue that cannot be ignored due to the
harm posed by excessive nitrogen to environmental safety and human health; as such, N …

Responses of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge to long-term stress of benzalkonium chlorides: Insights to extracellular polymeric substances and …

ZW He, WZ Liu, CC Tang, B Liang, AJ Zhou… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quaternary ammonium compounds have gained widespread attention due to their extensive
enrichment in waste activated sludge (WAS) and potentially adverse effect to anaerobes …

Enhanced methane production by bimetallic metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) as cathode in an anaerobic digestion microbial electrolysis cell

Z Xiaomei, L Rujing, X Jun, H Yingying… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cathode materials play important roles in the optimization of methane upgrading in
microbial electrolysis cell-coupled anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD) systems. In this study …