Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects of Microbial Fuel Cell
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 August 2023) | Viewed by 283
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterial; environmental remediation; biomass reutilization; bioelectrochemical system; wastewater treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable energy generation and waste disposal/recovery are needed to meet the rising global energy demand and waste discharge. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and bioelectrochemical systems are used for waste-to-energy and cost-effective treatment. Microorganisms could deliver the next generation of sustainable energy; evidence of this has given rise to electromicrobiology, the study of microorganisms' electrical properties. Despite their enormous potential, our ability to fully use MFCs technology is limited by our narrow understanding of the mechanisms that allow electron harvesting from microorganisms and the key elements that enhance MFCs' performance. Due to these gaps in knowledge, MFCs are reduced to a laboratory interest. Although scaling up the systems was extremely challenging, the promise of these technologies still remains unexplored. The technologies will move closer to useable applications, if the scientific community focuses on waste material reutilization. High-efficiency electrode materials and catalysts can reduce fabrication costs. Similarly, the MFCs organic substrate is one of the key issues in electron generation through microbial activities. This Special Issue provides a platform to communicate the novel findings on electrode fabrication, the utilization of waste as a substrate or electrode, and the latest findings on the microbial mechanism of MFCs. Full-length data articles, reviews articles, and short communications are all welcome.
Dr. Asim Ali Yaqoob
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioelectrochemical system and microbial fuel cells
- design and configuration of microbial fuel cells
- waste reutilization in fuel cell
- organic substrate
- electrode fabrication
- bioelectricity generation
- resource recovery via fuel cell
- wastewater treatment
- microbial electrochemistry
- microbial applications for environmental pollution
