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Discover insights from thousands of peer-reviewed papers on microbial electrochemical systems
Discover insights from thousands of peer-reviewed papers on microbial electrochemical systems
Mahwash Mahar Gul, Khuram Shahzad Ahmad
Biosensors and Bioelectronics • 2019
Bioelectrochemical systems comprise of several types of cells, from basic microbial fuel cells (MFC) to photosynthetic MFCs and from plant MFCs to biophotovoltaics. All these cells employ bio entities at anode to produce bioenergy by catalysing organic substrates while some systems convert solar irradiation to energy. The current review epitomizes the above-mentioned fuel cell systems and elucidates their electrical performances. Microbial fuel cells have advantages over conventional fuel cells in terms of being sustainable whilst producing impressive power efficiencies without any net carbon emissions. They can be utilized for several environmentally friendly applications including wastewater treatment and bio-hydrogen generation, apart from producing clean and green electricity. Multifarious heterotrophic and autotrophic microbes and plants have been studied for their potential as imperative components of fuel cell technology. MFCs also display some interesting applications, such as integration of plant MFCs into architecture to produce "green" cities. Biophotovoltaic technology is the current hot cake in this field, which aspires to achieve significant electrical efficiencies by light-induced water splitting mechanisms. Furthermore, the utilization of BPVs in space renders it a technology for the future. Compared with other fuel cell systems, this technology is still in its inception and requires further efforts to endeavour its use on commercial or industrial level.
Jo De Vrieze
Peer Community in Microbiology • 2023
Andrew EWING
Electrochemistry • 2016
Stefan Scheiblbrandner, Roland Ludwig
Bioelectrochemistry • 2020
C. Yuvraj, V. Aranganathan
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering • 2017
Muaz Mohd Zaini Makhtar, Vel Murugan Vadivelu
Journal of Environmental Engineering • 2019
May H. Wang
Journal of Energy Bioscience • 2024
Qing Feng, Young-Chae Song
Energy & Fuels • 2016
Najat Beden, Harishchandra Digambar Jirimali
Insights in Analytical Electrochemistry • 2015
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Research Outreach • 2020
Prasit Pattananuwat, Motohiro Tagaya, Takaomi Kobayashi
Materials Research Bulletin • 2018
M.S. Sumitha, T.S. Xavier
Materials Today: Proceedings • 2023
Young Hwan Ko
Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology • 2015
Ermete Antolini
Biosensors and Bioelectronics • 2015
Hongcai Gao, Hongwei Duan
Biosensors and Bioelectronics • 2015
Nina V. Kosova
Materials Today: Proceedings • 2016
Erki Lember, Karin Pachel, Enn Loigu
Desalination and Water Treatment • 2018
A. Kaushik, Aradhana Singh
Journal of Environmental Management • 2020
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has emerged as a new and attractive bioelectrochemical approach in the last one and a half decade that offers an alternative to conventional treatment methods to remove and recover heavy metals and organics from wastewaters with simultaneous energy production. This technique has advantage over the conventional wastewater treatment techniques, which are energy intensive, sludge producing and with little effectivity at high concentrations. Significant work has been done in the recent years on MFC principle, electrode configuration, biofilm composition, application of MFC in wastewater treatment, metal removal or recovery and energy production. Basically, metal in the cathode chamber acts as acceptor of the electrons released from the oxidation of organic matter in the anode chamber by electrogenic microbes. Literature shows that efficacy of MFCs in removal and recovery of metals and power production is significantly influenced by redox potential of the metal, initial concentration, mix metal systems, carbon source in substrate, pH, biocathode, biofilm composition, gaseous environment in cathode, electrode modification and external resistance, which have been critically reviewed for the first time in the present paper to understand the role of the determinant factors that may be explored for improvement of the MFC performance. The paper provides further insights into the techno-economic aspects of MFC technology and suggests research needs for enhanced performance and reduced costs to increase its feasibility for application at commercial level.
Karthick Senthilkumar, Haribabu Krishnan
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery • 2025
Veera Gnaneswar Gude
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy • 2018
Ahmed Y. Radeef, Zainab Z. Ismail
Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy • 2019
Afşın Y. Çetinkaya, Bestami Özkaya
International Journal of Global Warming • 2019
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Nature Communications • 2020
Dr Nicolas Mano is a Senior Researcher at Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, France. His research interests include (bio)electrochemistry, biosensors, biofuel cells, enzymes engineering, and the use of carbonaceous materials for electrodes. His aim is to develop approaches where biochemical fuels can be converted into electricity and applied into bioelectrochemical applications. In this conversation, he is discussing the advancements in the field of biofuel cells in the past ten years and look ahead at future developments.
Nicolas Mano
Bioelectrochemistry • 2019
Katalin Belafi-Bako
Chemosphere • 2017
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Synfacts • 2017
Wenhua Zhang, Juekuan Yang, Dongyan Xu
Journal of Physics: Conference Series • 2018
Bekir FINCAN, Murat YILMAZ, Alper GOYNUSEN et al.
Balkan Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering • 2017
Long Zou, Yan Qiao, Chang Ming Li
Electrochemical Energy Reviews • 2018
Mohd H. S. Alrashdan, Azrul Azlan Hamzah, Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis
Microsystem Technologies • 2018
V.O. Troitskii
Optika atmosfery i okeana • 2022
V.O. Troitskii
Optika atmosfery i okeana • 2021
, Yu WU
CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications • 2023
, Kemin Dai
CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications • 2023
Anand Parkash
Journal of Physical Chemistry & Biophysics • 2016
José S. Fernández-Reyes, J. Viridiana García-Meza
Biotechnology Letters • 2018
Zhenhua Shi
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety • 2019
The effect of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) on human health has become a worldwide concern, and no molecule/factor has been established as a measurable indicator of this effect. Diseases related to ELF-EMF are generally accompanied with energy metabolic dysfunction, and the energy in metabolism often flows in terms of electrons in all living cells. Hence, this study specifically investigated the relationship between metabolic current and ELF-EMF. By applying 0-128 Gauss ELF-EMFs to Geobacter sulfurreducens-inoculated bioelectrochemical systems, we found that metabolic current was increased and oscillated in ELF-EMF-exposed G. sulfurreducens. All effects were exposure dose dependent. Moreover, the oscillation amplitude varied linearly with the ELF-EMF strength. These results reveal that metabolic current can be used as a dosimetric indicator of the effect of ELF-EMF on living organisms, including human beings.
Nicolas Mano
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry • 2020
Zixuan Wang, Zhen He
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry • 2020
Tian Zhang, Pier-Luc Tremblay
Frontiers in Microbiology • 2016