Hydrogen gas is emerging as an attractive fuel with high energy density for the direction of energy resources in the future. Designing integrated devices based on a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell and a microbial fuel cell (MFC) represents a promising strategy to produce hydrogen fuel at a low price. In this work, we demonstrate a new solar-microbial (PEC-MFC) hybrid device based on the oxygen-...

This study aimed to investigate the performance of microbial fuel cell (MFC) for simultaneous bioremediation of slaughterhouse wastewater and sustainable power generation. For the first time, an integrated system of tubular type microbial fuel cell (MFC) was used in this study. The MFC consisted of three concentric Plexiglas tubes; the inner tube was the anaerobic anodic compartment, the mid tu...

A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a device that uses microorganisms as a catalyst for the direct conversion from chemical energy to electrical energy without internal combustion steps. Environmental friendliness and high efficiency have projected an MFC as one of the promising and alternative future energy sources. The fact that there is a large selection of microorganisms and substrates offers ad...

Michael Potter pioneered microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology in 1911 [...]

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) attracts growing efforts as a kind of environmentally friendly biotechnology. In this study, the aerobic bacterium Bacillus subtilis has been utilized in a dual-chambered upflow microbial fuel cell fueled with actual domestic wastewater. The MFC system was continuously operated for 75 days. The performance of the UMFC was mainly evaluated in accordance with the COD rem...

Microbial fuel cell is a bio-electrochemical system that drives a current by using bacteria and mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature. The electricigens and its activity have important influence on the power generation capacity and organic matter degradation ability of MFC system. The common types of electricigens and their application situation in microbial fuel cell are summarized ...

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) involves the bioelectrochemical reaction which produces electricity by the microorganisms. MFC converts the biochemical metabolic energy to electrical energy through microbial catalyst at the anode under anaerobic conditions. It is the apt answer of alternative energy source in recent increasing energy crisis. In microbial fuel cells, bacteria generate electricity by m...

The microbial fuel cell (MFC) was applied to produce electricity using sewage sludge as a fuel. The extracellular biological organic matter (EBOM) of sludge, before and after MFC operation, was extracted using ammonium hydroxide whose hydrophobicity was characterized with XAD resin fractionation technique. Following MFC operation, the hydrophilic fraction (HPI) of EBOM was enriched (48.0%-64.5%...

The use of packed bed microbial fuel cell (MFC) for septic waste water remediation and electricity generation was carried out for 18 days retention period. In the study, the multistage microbial fuel cells were designed. Septic wastewater qualities such as Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), nitrate, TSS, and pH of both the raw and treated wastewater were determined in the laboratory on three days...