ArticleRoyal Society open science2021
Rainwater-driven microbial fuel cells for power generation in remote areas.
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- Nanomaterials as electrochemical regulators of bacterial biofilms through the modulation of extracellular electron transport and ion channels.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Review
- Carbon Nanofibers-Sheathed Graphite Rod Anode and Hydrophobic Cathode for Improved Performance Industrial Wastewater-Driven Microbial Fuel Cells.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Three-dimensional carbon nanofiber-based anode for high generated current and power from air-cathode micro-sized MFC.RSC advances · 2022Article
- Rainwater-driven microbial fuel cells for power generation in remote areas.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
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Abstract
The possibility of using rainwater as a sustainable anolyte in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) is investigated in this study. The results indicate that the proposed MFC can work within a wide temperature range (from 0 to 30°C) and under aerobic or anaerobic conditions. However, the rainwater season has a distinct impact. Under anaerobic conditions, the summer rainwater achieves a promised open circuit potential (OCP) of 553 ± 2 mV without addition of nutrients at the ambient temperature, while addition of nutrients leads to an increase in the cell voltage to 763 ± 3 and 588 ± 2 mV at 30°C and ambient temperature, respectively. The maximum OCP for the winter rainwater (492 ± 1.5 mV) is obtained when the reactor is exposed to the air (aerobic conditions) at ambient temperature. Furthermore, the winter rainwater MFC generates a maximum power output of 7 ± 0.1 mWm
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