Microbial Fuel Cell United with Other Existing Technologies for Enhanced Power Generation and Efficient Wastewater Treatment
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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 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.
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OpenAlex topics: Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation · Electrochemical sensors and biosensors · Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
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Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai 410206, India
Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, India
Department of Biotechnology, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata 700156, India
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad 431010, India
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
Department of Biotechnology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 700064, India
Department of Allied Health Science, Sharda University, Greater Noida 201306, India
Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun 248016, India
Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari 845401, India
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