Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a versatile renewable energy technology. This is particularly because of the multidimensional applications of this eco-friendly technology. The technology depends on the electroactive bacteria,popularly known as exoelectrogens, to simultaneously produce el...

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Main Authors:	Kumar, Ravinder, Singh, Lakhveer, Zularisam, A. W., Faisal, Alamri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2018
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	ump-200472019-08-28T02:44:19Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20047/ Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances Kumar, Ravinder Singh, Lakhveer Zularisam, A. W. Faisal, Alamri TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a versatile renewable energy technology. This is particularly because of the multidimensional applications of this eco-friendly technology. The technology depends on the electroactive bacteria,popularly known as exoelectrogens, to simultaneously produce electric power and treat wastewater. Electrodemodi fications with nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles and iron oxide nanoparticles or pretreatment methods such as sonication and autoclave sterilization have shown promising results in enhancing MFC performance for electricity generation and wastewater treatment. The MFC technology has been also investigated for the removal of various heavy metals and toxic elements, and to detect the presence of toxic elements in wastewater. In addition, the MFCs can be modified into microbial electrolysis cells to generate hydrogen energy from various organic matters. This article provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of possible applications of the MFC technology. This also points out the various challenges that limit MFC performance. Finally, this article identifies the strategies to improve MFC performance for different applications. John Wiley and Sons Ltd 2018-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20047/1/microbial%20full%20paper%20energy%20research.pdf Kumar, Ravinder and Singh, Lakhveer and Zularisam, A. W. and Faisal, Alamri (2018) Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances. International Journal of Energy Research, 42 (2). pp. 369-394. ISSN 0363-907X https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ravinder_Kumar51/publication/317525170_Microbial_fuel_cell_is_emerging_as_a_versatile_technology_A_review_on_its_possible_applications_challenges_and_strategies_to_improve_the_performances/links/59cf1cfbaca2721f434f086 10.1002/er.3780
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spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Kumar, Ravinder Singh, Lakhveer Zularisam, A. W. Faisal, Alamri Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
description	Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are emerging as a versatile renewable energy technology. This is particularly because of the multidimensional applications of this eco-friendly technology. The technology depends on the electroactive bacteria,popularly known as exoelectrogens, to simultaneously produce electric power and treat wastewater. Electrodemodi fications with nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles and iron oxide nanoparticles or pretreatment methods such as sonication and autoclave sterilization have shown promising results in enhancing MFC performance for electricity generation and wastewater treatment. The MFC technology has been also investigated for the removal of various heavy metals and toxic elements, and to detect the presence of toxic elements in wastewater. In addition, the MFCs can be modified into microbial electrolysis cells to generate hydrogen energy from various organic matters. This article provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of possible applications of the MFC technology. This also points out the various challenges that limit MFC performance. Finally, this article identifies the strategies to improve MFC performance for different applications.
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author	Kumar, Ravinder Singh, Lakhveer Zularisam, A. W. Faisal, Alamri
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title	Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
title_short	Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
title_full	Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
title_fullStr	Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
title_full_unstemmed	Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
title_sort	microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances
publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
publishDate	2018
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Microbial fuel cell is emerging as a versatile technology: a review on its possible applications, challenges and strategies to improve the performances

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