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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for waste recycling and energy production

Waste-to-Energy: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives towards Circular Economy, Page: 275-308
2022
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Book Chapter Description

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a kind of device that uses electricityproducing microorganisms as anode catalysts to directly convert chemical energy in organic matter into electrical energy. It has broad application prospects in the field of wastewater treatment and new energy development. This chapter aims to discuss the concept, reaction mechanism, and application prospect of bioelectrochemical systems using wastes for electricity generation. The types, properties, and activity parameters of microbe for MFC are discussed. In addition, the design and optimization of MFCs devices for enhanced efficiency are evaluated. Particularly, critical discussions are provided on application of MFCs technology for different types of wastewater as well as corresponding key bottlenecks. Besides, the recent progress in wastewater treatment and seawater desalination, as well as the possibility of the combination between wastewater treatment and seawater desalination integrated with biomass production is evaluated. This chapter also discusses the limitations and challenges of MFCs industrialization and large-scale applications. The advantages and inadequacies of MFCs compared with other technical solutions for waste utilization are analyzed in detail. Moreover, the economic feasibility, future research perspectives in order to enhance the MFCs performance in large-scales are presented.

Bibliographic Details

Qian Zhao; Taotao Gao; Xiaoqin Li; Dan Xiao

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Environmental Science; Engineering; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Business, Management and Accounting

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