Advanced Technologies in Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioelectrochemistry

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

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Department of Chemical Engineering, Autonomous University of Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: bioelectrochemistry; wastewater treatment; water regeneration; electrochemistry; microbial fuel cell; environmental biotechnology
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IMDEA ENERGY Institute, University of Alcalá, 28801 Madrid, Spain
Interests: wastewater treatment; advanced oxidation processes; microbial cells; removal of contaminants of emerging concern from water and wastewater; water disinfection; electrochemical processes; scaling-up of wastewater treatments; coupling of different advanced oxidation processes
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Dear Colleagues,

The ability of microorganisms to act as biocatalysts for electrochemical energy transformation has led to microbial fuel cell technology. This technology offers a wide range of possibilities for dealing with the world’s most pressing problems, such as energy storage problems, resource depletion, and environmental pollution, contributing to water–energy–food, circular economy, and climate neutrality. The most relevant MFC applications are related to the energy generation combined with wastewater treatment; generation of biohydrogen; biosensors for BOD, toxicity, and health; and others not so extended such as desalination of water, generation of acetate, ammonia, and phosphate recovery. In this sense, we are interested in articles that explore the most relevant challenges of this technology. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: efficient materials, recyclable and biodegradable materials, new and innovative MFC applications, real application demonstrations, minimization of energy losses, coupling of MFC with other technologies, and simulation of MFC behavior in order to predict its behavior in large-scale applications.

Dr. Sara Mateo Fernandez
Dr. Yeray Asensio Ramírez
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Keywords

  • biodegradable materials
  • simulation
  • microbial fuel cell
  • microorganisms
  • wastewater treatment

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Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment
by Sanchita Bipin Patwardhan, Nishit Savla, Soumya Pandit, Piyush Kumar Gupta, Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya, Dibyajit Lahiri, Dipak A. Jadhav, Ashutosh Kumar Rai, KanuPriya, Rina Rani Ray, Vandana Singh, Vivek Kumar and Ram Prasad
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(22), 10777; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app112210777 - 15 Nov 2021
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Nowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is [...] Read more.
Nowadays, the world is experiencing an energy crisis due to extensive globalization and industrialization. Most of the sources of renewable energy are getting depleted, and thus, there is an urge to locate alternative routes to produce energy efficiently. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a favorable technology that utilizes electroactive microorganisms acting as a biocatalyst at the anode compartment converting organic matter present in sewage water for bioelectricity production and simultaneously treating wastewater. However, there are certain limitations with a typical stand-alone MFC for efficient energy recovery and its practical implementation, including low power output and high cost associated with treatment. There are various modifications carried out on MFC for eliminating the limitations of a stand-alone MFC. Examples of such modification include integration of microbial fuel cell with capacitive deionization technology, forward osmosis technology, anaerobic digester, and constructed wetland technology. This review describes various integrated MFC systems along with their potential application on an industrial scale for wastewater treatment, biofuel generation, and energy production. As a result, such integration of MFCs with existing systems is urgently needed to address the cost, fouling, durability, and sustainability-related issues of MFCs while also improving the grade of treatment received by effluent. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioelectrochemistry)
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