Microbial fuel cell (MFC) power performance improvement through enhanced microbial electrogenicity

M Li, M Zhou, X Tian, C Tan, CT McDaniel… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Within the past 5 years, tremendous advances have been made to maximize the
performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for both “clean” bioenergy production and …

Is there a specific ecological niche for electroactive microorganisms?

C Koch, F Harnisch - ChemElectroChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The core of primary microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) is the ability of the
electroactive microorganisms to interact with electrodes via extracellular electron transfer …

Nanomaterials facilitating microbial extracellular electron transfer at interfaces

R Wang, H Li, J Sun, L Zhang, J Jiao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemically active bacteria can transport their metabolically generated electrons to
anodes, or accept electrons from cathodes to synthesize high‐value chemicals and fuels, via …

Bacterial extracellular electron transfer in bioelectrochemical systems

Y Yang, M Xu, J Guo, G Sun - Process Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Bioelectrochemical systems (BES), typically microbial fuel cells (MFCs), have attracted
increasing attention in the past decade due to their promising applications in many fields …

Electron transfer mechanisms between microorganisms and electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems

SA Patil, C Hägerhäll, L Gorton - Bioanalytical reviews, 2012 - Springer
Microbes have been shown to naturally form veritable electric grids in which different
species acting as electron donors and others acting as electron acceptors cooperate. The …

Alkaliphilic bacteria with impact on industrial applications, concepts of early life forms, and bioenergetics of ATP synthesis

L Preiss, DB Hicks, S Suzuki, T Meier… - … in bioengineering and …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alkaliphilic bacteria typically grow well at pH 9, with the most extremophilic strains growing
up to pH values as high as pH 12–13. Interest in extreme alkaliphiles arises because they …

Possibilities for extremophilic microorganisms in microbial electrochemical systems

M Dopson, G Ni, THJA Sleutels - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Microbial electrochemical systems exploit the metabolism of microorganisms to generate
electrical energy or a useful product. In the past couple of decades, the application of …

Dissimilatory nitrate reduction by Pseudomonas alcaliphila with an electrode as the sole electron donor

W Su, L Zhang, D Li, G Zhan, J Qian… - Biotechnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) were considered two
alternative pathways of dissimilatory nitrate reduction. In this study, we firstly reported that …

Novel slow-release carbon source improves anodic denitrification and electricity generation efficiency in microbial fuel cells

C Li, Y Zhang, Y Ling, H Wang, H Wang, G Yan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
MFC anodic denitrification is more suitable for the coexistence of organic matter and nitrate
in actual sewage, but the traditional carbon source has some problems such as high cost …

Low-temperature microbial and direct conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to electricity: Advances and challenges

X Zhao, W Liu, Y Deng, JY Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to electricity using fuel cell technologies is a
promising but challenging research topic for sustainable electricity production. This is …