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ReviewBiotech (Basel (Switzerland))2025

Recent Advances in Scaling up Bioelectrochemical Systems: A Review.

Diego A Corona-Martínez, Silvia Y Martínez-Amador, José A Rodríguez-De la Garza, Elan I Laredo-Alcalá, Pedro Pérez-Rodríguez

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Review in Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Computational Fluid Dynamics Reveals Mass Transfer Limitations in a Pilot-Scale Microbial Electrolysis Cell.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Diego A Corona-MartínezDepartamento de Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Buenavista, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, Mexico.ORCID 0009-0005-4667-7396
Silvia Y Martínez-AmadorDepartamento de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Buenavista, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, Mexico.
José A Rodríguez-De la GarzaDepartamento de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, José Cárdenas Valdez y Venustiano Carranza S/N, Colonia República Oriente, Saltillo 25280, Coahuila, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-2283-1900
Elan I Laredo-AlcaláCentro de Investigación para la Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Ecología de Coahuila, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Miguel Hidalgo 212, Zona Centro, Cuatrociénegas 27640, Coahuila, Mexico.
Pedro Pérez-RodríguezDepartamento de Ciencias del Suelo, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Calzada Antonio Narro 1923, Buenavista, Saltillo 25315, Coahuila, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7220-311X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) are devices capable of converting chemical energy into electrical energy using microorganisms as catalysts. These systems have been extensively studied at the laboratory level, but, due to multiple difficulties, their large-scale implementation has been explored only sparingly. This study presents the most recent technological advances for scaling up BESs. In the same way, the main technical and economic challenges that hinder the correct implementation of these systems at a large scale are mentioned. The study concludes with a review of successful case studies in scaling up BESs and discusses future directions and emerging trends.

Indexed as

electrode materialsenergy recoverymicrobial electrolysis cellsmicrobial fuel cellspower density

Identifiers

PMID39982275
PMCPMC11843991

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