ArticleScientific reports2016
Electricity and disinfectant production from wastewater: Microbial Fuel Cell as a self-powered electrolyser.
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- Response of ceramic microbial fuel cells to direct anodic airflow and novel hydrogel cathodes.International journal of hydrogen energy · 2019Article
- Fate of three bioluminescent pathogenic bacteria fed through a cascade of urine microbial fuel cells.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2019Article
- Recent advancements in real-world microbial fuel cell applications.Current opinion in electrochemistry · 2018Review
- A New Method for Modulation, Control and Power Boosting in Microbial Fuel Cells.Fuel cells (Weinheim) · 2018Article
- Urine microbial fuel cells in a semi-controlled environment for onsite urine pre-treatment and electricity production.Journal of power sources · 2018Article
- Miniaturized Ceramic-Based Microbial Fuel Cell for Efficient Power Generation From Urine and Stack Development.Frontiers in energy research · 2018Article
- Ceramic Microbial Fuel Cells Stack: power generation in standard and supercapacitive mode.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode.Energy (Oxford, England) · 2018Article
- Three-dimensional graphene nanosheets as cathode catalysts in standard and supercapacitive microbial fuel cell.Journal of power sources · 2017Article
- Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts.Electrochimica acta · 2017Article
- Electricity and catholyte production from ceramic MFCs treating urine.International journal of hydrogen energy · 2017Article
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Abstract
This study presents a simple and sustainable Microbial Fuel Cell as a standalone, self-powered reactor for in situ wastewater electrolysis, recovering nitrogen from wastewater. A process is proposed whereby the MFC electrical performance drives the electrolysis of wastewater towards the self-generation of catholyte within the same reactor. The MFCs were designed to harvest the generated catholyte in the internal chamber, which showed that liquid production rates are largely proportional to electrical current generation. The catholyte demonstrated bactericidal properties, compared to the control (open-circuit) diffusate, and reduced observable biofilm formation on the cathode electrode. Killing effects were confirmed using bacterial kill curves constructed by exposing a bioluminescent Escherichia coli target, as a surrogate coliform, to catholyte where a rapid kill rate was observed. Therefore, MFCs could serve as a water recovery system, a disinfectant/cleaner generator that limits undesired biofilm formation and as a washing agent in waterless urinals to improve sanitation. This simple and ready to implement MFC system can convert organic waste directly into electricity and self-driven nitrogen along with water recovery. This could lead to the development of energy positive bioprocesses for sustainable wastewater treatment.
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