Electro-Microbiology as a Promising Approach Towards Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Autor: Jafar Ali, Aaqib Sohail, Lei Wang, Muhammad Rizwan Haider, Shahi Mulk, Gang Pan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 11, Iss 7, p 1822 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en11071822
Popis: Microbial electrochemical technologies provide sustainable wastewater treatment and energy production. Despite significant improvements in the power output of microbial fuel cells (MFCs), this technology is still far from practical applications. Extracting electrical energy and harvesting valuable products by electroactive bacteria (EAB) in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) has emerged as an innovative approach to address energy and environmental challenges. Thus, maximizing power output and resource recovery is highly desirable for sustainable systems. Insights into the electrode-microbe interactions may help to optimize the performance of BESs for envisioned applications, and further validation by bioelectrochemical techniques is a prerequisite to completely understand the electro-microbiology. This review summarizes various extracellular electron transfer mechanisms involved in BESs. The significant role of characterization techniques in the advancement of the electro-microbiology field is discussed. Finally, diverse applications of BESs, such as resource recovery, and contributions to the pursuit of a more sustainable society are also highlighted.
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