ArticleJournal of chemical technology and biotechnology (Oxford, Oxfordshire : 1986)2019
Multi-functional microbial fuel cells for power, treatment and electro-osmotic purification of urine.
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- Membrane Technologies for Nitrogen Recovery from Waste Streams: Scientometrics and Technical Analysis.Membranes · 2022Review
- Environmental, Economic, and Social Aspects of Human Urine Valorization through Microbial Fuel Cells from the Circular Economy Perspective.Micromachines · 2022Review
- A new method for urine electrofiltration and long term power enhancement using surface modified anodes with activated carbon in ceramic microbial fuel cells.Electrochimica acta · 2020Article
- Complete Microbial Fuel Cell Fabrication Using Additive Layer Manufacturing.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy harvesting in microbial fuel cells: an update on the biocatalysts.RSC advances · 2020Review
- Long-term bio-power of ceramic microbial fuel cells in individual and stacked configurations.Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2020Article
- Urine in Bioelectrochemical Systems: An Overall Review.ChemElectroChem · 2020Review
- Microbial Fuel Cell stack performance enhancement through carbon veil anode modification with activated carbon powder.Applied energy · 2020Article
- Iron-streptomycin derived catalyst for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in ceramic microbial fuel cells operating with urine.Journal of power sources · 2019Article
- Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review.Journal of power sources · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn this work, a small-scale ceramic microbial fuel cell (MFC) with a novel type of metal-carbon-derived electrocatalyst containing iron and nicarbazin (Fe-NCB) was developed, to enhance electricity generation from neat human urine. Substrate oxidation at the anode provides energy for the separation of ions and recovery from urine without any chemical or external power additions.
resultsThe catalyst was shown to be effective in clear electrolyte synthesis of high pH, compared with a range of carbon-based metal-free materials. Polarisation curves of tested MFCs showed up to 53% improvement (44.8 W m
conclusionsIron based catalyst Fe-NCB was shown to be a suitable electrocatalyst for the air-breathing cathode, improving power production from urine-fed MFCs. The results suggest electrochemical treatment through electro-osmotic drag while the electricity is produced and not consumed. Electro-osmotic production of clear catholyte is shown to extract water from urine against osmotic pressure. Recovering valuable resources from urine would help to transform energy intensive treatments to resource production, and will create opportunities for new technology development. © 2018 The Authors.
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