TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent progress in microbial fuel cells for industrial effluent treatment and energy generation
T2 - Fundamentals to scale-up application and challenges
AU - Selvasembian, Rangabhashiyam
AU - Mal, Joyabrata
AU - Rani, Radha
AU - Sinha, Rupika
AU - Agrahari, Roma
AU - Joshua, Ighalo
AU - Santhiagu, Arockiasamy
AU - Pradhan, Nirakar
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by DST-FIST ( SR/FST/LSI-661/2016 ), India, and Hong Kong Baptist University , HKSAR, with a grant no: RC-OFSGT2/2021/SCI/010 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) technology have the potential to decarbonize electricity generation and offer an eco-friendly route for treating a wide range of industrial effluents from power generation, petrochemical, tannery, brewery, dairy, textile, pulp/paper industries, and agro-industries. Despite successful laboratory-scale studies, several obstacles limit the MFC technology for real-world applications. This review article aimed to discuss the most recent state-of-the-art information on MFC architecture, design, components, electrode materials, and anodic exoelectrogens to enhance MFC performance and reduce cost. In addition, the article comprehensively reviewed the industrial effluent characteristics, integrating conventional technologies with MFCs for advanced resource recycling with a particular focus on the simultaneous bioelectricity generation and treatment of various industrial effluents. Finally, the article discussed the challenges, opportunities, and future perspectives for the large-scale applications of MFCs for sustainable industrial effluent management and energy recovery.
AB - Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) technology have the potential to decarbonize electricity generation and offer an eco-friendly route for treating a wide range of industrial effluents from power generation, petrochemical, tannery, brewery, dairy, textile, pulp/paper industries, and agro-industries. Despite successful laboratory-scale studies, several obstacles limit the MFC technology for real-world applications. This review article aimed to discuss the most recent state-of-the-art information on MFC architecture, design, components, electrode materials, and anodic exoelectrogens to enhance MFC performance and reduce cost. In addition, the article comprehensively reviewed the industrial effluent characteristics, integrating conventional technologies with MFCs for advanced resource recycling with a particular focus on the simultaneous bioelectricity generation and treatment of various industrial effluents. Finally, the article discussed the challenges, opportunities, and future perspectives for the large-scale applications of MFCs for sustainable industrial effluent management and energy recovery.
KW - Bioelectricity
KW - Industrial effluent
KW - Microbial fuel cells
KW - Scale-up
KW - Wastewater treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126462
DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126462
M3 - Review article
SN - 0960-8524
VL - 346
JO - Bioresource Technology
JF - Bioresource Technology
M1 - 126462
ER -
