Microbial fuel cell performance

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C. Y., and Tsouris, C. (2010) Understanding long-term changes in microbial fuel cell performance using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol., 44 (7), 2740-2744. 

Virdis, B., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z.G., Rozendal, R.A., and Keller, J. (2009) Electron fluxes in a microbial fuel cell performing carbon and nitrogen removal. Environ. Sci. Technol, 43 (13), 5144-5149. 

M.C.M., Curtis, T.P., and Scott, K. (2010) Model based evaluation of the effect of pH and electrode geometry on microbial fuel cell performance. Bioelectrochemistry, 78 (1), 8-24. 

Srikanth S, Mohan SV, Sarma PN. Positive anodic poised potential regulates microbial fuel cell performance with the function of open and closed circuitry. Bioresour Technol... 

Lanas V, Ahn Y, Logan BE. Effects of carbon brush anode size and loading on microbial fuel cell performance in batch and continuous mode. J Power Sources 2011 -,247 228-234. 

HaoYu, E., Cheng, S., Scott, K. Logan, B. Microbial fuel-cell performance with non-Pt cathode catalysts. J. Power Sources 171 (2007), pp. 275-281. 

Rozendal, R.A., Hamelers, H.V M. Buisman, C.J.R Effects of membrane cation transport on pH and microbial fuel-cell performance. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (2006), pp. 5206-5211. 

O. Lefebvre, Z. Tan, S. Kharkwal and H.Y. Ng, Effect of increasing anodic NaCl concentration on microbial fuel cell performance. Bioresource Technol. 112, 2012, 336 40. 

H.-Y. Tsai, C.-C. Wu, C.-Y. Lee and E.P Shih, Microbial fuel cell performance of multiwall carbon nanotubes on carbon cloth as electrodes,. Power Sources 194, 2009,199-205. 

Microbial biofuel cells were the earliest biofuel cell technology to be developed, as an alternative to conventional fuel cell technology. The concept and performance of several microbial biofuel cells have been summarized in recent review chapters." The most fuel-efficient way of utilizing complex fuels, such as carbohydrates, is by using microbial biofuel cells where the oxidation process involves a cascade of enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The two classical methods of operating the microbial fuel cells are (1) utilization of the electroactive metabolite produced by the fermentation of the fuel substrate " and (2) use of redox mediators to shuttle electrons from the metabolic pathway of the microorganism to the electrodes. ... 

Microscale Microbial Fuel Cells, Table 1 A summary of performance of different microscale MFCs... 

Mink JE, Rojas JP, Logan BE, Hussain MM (2012) Vertically grown multiwalled carbon nanotube anode and nickel silicide integrated high performance microsized (1.25 pL) microbial fuel cell. Nano Lett 12 791-795... 

Liu, Z., Liu, J., Zhang, S., Su, Z. (2009). Study of operational performance and electrical response on mediator-less microbial fuel cells fed with carbon- and protein-rich substrates. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 45, 185-191. 

A new group of fuel cell is microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which is a novel technology that produces electricity using bacteria as electrocatalysts. The performance of MFCs is influenced by the type of electrode, the electrode distance, the type and surface area of their membrane, their substrate and their microorganisms. The most common catalyst used in cathodes is platinum (Pt). Ghasemi et al. applied chemically and physically activated carbon nanofibers as an alternative cathode catalyst to platinum in a two-chamber microbial fuel cell for the first time [155]. 

Ter Heijne, A., Hamelers, H.V.M., Saakes, M., and Buisman, C.J.N. (2008) Performance of non-porous graphite and titanium-based anodes in microbial fuel cells. Electrochim. Acta, 53 (18), 5697-5703. 

Zhu, N., Chen, X., Zhang, T., Wu, P., Li, P., and Wu, J. (2011) Improved performance of membrane free single-chamber air-cathode microbial fuel cells with nitric acid and ethylene-diamine surface modified activated carbon fiber felt anodes. Bioresour. Technol, 102 (1), 422-426. 

Schroder, U., and Scholz, F. (2006) Interfacing electrocatalysis and biocatalysis with tungsten carbide a high-performance, noble-metal-free microbial fuel cell. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45 (40), 6658-6661. 

Behera, M., Jana, P.S., and Ghangrekar, M.M. (2010) Performance evaluation of low cost microbial fuel cell fabricated using earthen pot with biotic and abiotic cathode. Bioresour. Technol, 101 (4), 1183-1189. 

Zhuang, L., Feng, C.H., Zhou, S.G., Li, Y.T., and Wang, Y.Q. (2010) Comparison of membrane- and cloth-cathode assembly for scalable microbial fuel cells construction, performance and cost. Process Biochem., 45 (6), 929-934. 

High shear rate enrichment improves the performance of the anodophilic microbial consortium in a microbial fuel cell. Microb. Biotechnd., 1, 487-496. 

Huang, LP., Regan, ).M., and Quan, X. (2011) Electron transfer mechanisms, new applications, and performance of biocathode microbial fuel cells. Bioresour. Technol., 102 (1), 316-323. 

Dewan, A., Donovan, C., Heo, D., and Beyenal, H. (2010) Evaluating the performance of microbial fuel cells powering electronic devices. J. Power Sources, 195 (1), 90-96. 

Dewan A, Beyenal H, Lewandowski Z. Intermittent energy harvesting improves the performance of microbial fuel cells. Environ Sci Technol 2009 43 4600-4605. 

Winfield J, Chambers LD, Stinchcombe A, Rossiter J, leropoulos I. The power of glove Soft microbial fuel cell for low-power electronics. J Power Sources 2014 249 327-332. Yang F, Zhang DX, Shimotori T, Wang KC, Huang Y. Study of transformer-based power management system and its performance optimization for microbial fuel cells. J Power Sources 2012 205 86-92. 

Kassongo J, Togo CA. Performance improvement of whey-driven microbial fuel cells by acclimation of indigenous anodophilic microbes. Afr J Biotechnol 2011 10 7846-7852. Kim JR, Min B, Logan BE. Evaluation of procedures to acclimate a microbial fuel cell for electricity production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2005 68 23-30. 

Rodrigo MA, Canizares P, Garcia H, Linares JJ, Lobato J. Study of the acclimation stage and of the effect of the biodegradabUity on the performance of a microbial fuel cell. Bioresour Technol 2009 100 4704-4710. 

Jadhav GS, Ghangrekar MM. Performance of microbial fuel cell subjected to variation in pH, temperature, external load and substrate concentration. Bioresour Technol 2009 100 717-723. 

Rinaldi A, Mecheri B, Garavaglia V, Licoccia S, Di Nardo P, Traversa E. Engineering materials and biology to boost performance of microbial fuel cells a critical review. Energy Environ Sci 2008 1 417-429. 

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