Electricity generation and struvite recovery from human urine using microbial fuel cells (2014)
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You, J., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). Electricity generation and struvite recovery from human urine using microbial fuel cells. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 91(3), 647-654. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.4617

BACKGROUND: Urine is an abundant waste product which requires energy intensive treatment processes in modern wastewater treatment plants. However urine can be utilised as fertiliser in the form of struvite. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a promising... Read More about Electricity generation and struvite recovery from human urine using microbial fuel cells.

A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality (2014)
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Di Lorenzo, M., Thomson, A. R., Schneider, K., Cameron, P. J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 62, 182-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.06.050

The heavy use of chemicals for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes has increased the risk of freshwater contamination worldwide. Consequently, the demand for efficient new analytical tools for on-line and on-site water quality monitoring h... Read More about A small-scale air-cathode microbial fuel cell for on-line monitoring of water quality.

Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation (2014)
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Merino-Jimenez, I., Janik, M. J., Ponce De Leon, C., & Walsh, F. C. (2014). Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation. Journal of Power Sources, 269, 498-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.06.140

A Pd-Ir alloy (1:1) coated on microfibrous carbon (11 μm diameter) supported on a titanium plate was evaluated as an electrode for the anodic oxidation of borohydride. The hydrogen generated, due to the parallel reaction of borohydride hydrolysis, wa... Read More about Pd-Ir alloy as an anode material for borohydride oxidation.

Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells (2014)
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You, J., Santoro, C., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Cristiani, P., Li, B., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21811-21818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.07.136

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Two different anode materials, carbon veil (CV) and carbon cloth (CC), were modified with a micro-porous layer (MPL) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). When the bi... Read More about Micro-porous layer (MPL)-based anode for microbial fuel cells.

Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes (2014)
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Chambers, L. D., Winfield, J., Rossiter, J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21803-21810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.071

© 2014 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Natural rubber from laboratory gloves (GNR) was compared to cation exchange membrane (CEM) in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). GNR-MFCs immediately generated power... Read More about Towards disposable microbial fuel cells: Natural rubber glove membranes.

High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell (2014)
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Ieropoulos, I. A., Taghavi, M., Greenman, J., Beccai, L., Mattoli, V., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell. ChemElectroChem, 1(11), 1994-1999. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402131

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The current study addresses the development of a flexible microbial fuel cell (MFC) in a tubular configuration. Nafion tubing is employed as a one-compartment MFC and is used as the membrane and th... Read More about High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell.

Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014, October). Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs. Paper presented at 226th ECS Meeting,Electrochemical Society, Cancun, Mexico

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are bio-electrochemical transducers that generate electricity as a direct result of microbial metabolism, when breaking down organic matter for continuous growth and maintenance. On the other hand, Microbial Electrolysis C... Read More about Simultaneous electricity generation and microbially-assisted electrosynthesis in MFCs.

Intermittent load implementation in microbial fuel cells improves power performance (2014)
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Greenman, J., Walter, X. A., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Intermittent load implementation in microbial fuel cells improves power performance. Bioresource Technology, 172, 365-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.034

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This study reports on the response of small-scale MFCs to intermittent loading, in terms of power output over time. The aim was to understand the evolution with time of power output under different duty cycles, in conditions clos... Read More about Intermittent load implementation in microbial fuel cells improves power performance.

Artificial photosynthesis coupled with electricity generation - microbial fuel cells as artificial plants (2014)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Stinchcombe, A., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014, July). Artificial photosynthesis coupled with electricity generation - microbial fuel cells as artificial plants. Paper presented at ALIFE 14: The Fourteenth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, NY, USA

To meet the global goal of carbon reduction process there is a need to develop an artificial system that may act as an autonomous CO2 scrubber. This paper describes the direct electricity generation by the Microbial Fuel Cell with the simultaneous bi... Read More about Artificial photosynthesis coupled with electricity generation - microbial fuel cells as artificial plants.

Performance evaluation of activated carbon-based electrodes with novel power management system for long-term benthic microbial fuel cells (2014)
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Li, B., Wang, L., Kölln, M., Umaz, R., Muto, E., Karra, U., & Santoro, C. (2014). Performance evaluation of activated carbon-based electrodes with novel power management system for long-term benthic microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21847-21856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.06.095

© 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Underwater benthic microbial fuel cell (BMFC) systems were studied as a long-term sustainable power source for low-energy aquatic instruments (e.g. sensors). D... Read More about Performance evaluation of activated carbon-based electrodes with novel power management system for long-term benthic microbial fuel cells.

Surface modification of microbial fuel cells anodes: Approaches to practical design (2014)
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Schuler, A. J., Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Grattieri, M., Li, B., …Santoro, C. (2014). Surface modification of microbial fuel cells anodes: Approaches to practical design. Electrochimica Acta, 134, 116-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.04.136

Anode modification was explored as an approach to enhance the startup and improve the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) inoculated with mixed cultures for wastewater treatment. Carbon cloth (CC) anodes were modified by electrochemical oxidat... Read More about Surface modification of microbial fuel cells anodes: Approaches to practical design.

Study on dimensional and corrosion properties of thixoformed A356 and AA7075 aluminum bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (2014)
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Bolouri, A., & Kang, C. G. (2014). Study on dimensional and corrosion properties of thixoformed A356 and AA7075 aluminum bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Renewable Energy, 71, 616-628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.021

Metallic bipolar plates for polymer exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are currently manufactured by stamping of thin sheets. However, there are dimensional and shape errors of microchannels because of forming limitation such as spring back of thin s... Read More about Study on dimensional and corrosion properties of thixoformed A356 and AA7075 aluminum bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Algal 'lagoon' effect for oxygenating MFC cathodes (2014)
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Gajda, I., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Algal 'lagoon' effect for oxygenating MFC cathodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21857-21863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.05.173

© 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper describes the active oxygenation performed by photosynthetic organisms in the cathode of a two-chamber Microbial Fuel Cell system. The algal biomass... Read More about Algal 'lagoon' effect for oxygenating MFC cathodes.

Water formation at the cathode and sodium recovery using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) (2014)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Santoro, C., Li, B., Cristiani, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Water formation at the cathode and sodium recovery using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 7, 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2014.05.001

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) utilise biodegradable carbon compounds in organic waste to generate electric current. The aim of this work was to enhance MFC performance by using low cost and catalyst (platinum)-free cathode materials. The results showed... Read More about Water formation at the cathode and sodium recovery using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).

Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells (2014)
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Gajda, I., Melhuish, C., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014, May). Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells. Paper presented at 225th Electrochemical Society Meeting (ECS), Orlando, FL, USA

Electrochemical behavior of stainless steel anodes in membraneless microbial fuel cells (2014)
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Trasatti, S., Li, B., Grattieri, M., Cristiani, P., Guerrini, E., & Santoro, C. (2014). Electrochemical behavior of stainless steel anodes in membraneless microbial fuel cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(3), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.096401jes

AISI 304 stainless steel was studied as cost-effective tough anodes in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) fed with wastewater and sodium acetate, and compared with traditional carbon cloth (CC) anodes in terms of power generati... Read More about Electrochemical behavior of stainless steel anodes in membraneless microbial fuel cells.

Cobalt porphyrin-based material as methanol tolerant cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) (2014)
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Li, B., Cheng, Y., Lei, Y., Brückner, C., Liu, B., & Santoro, C. (2014). Cobalt porphyrin-based material as methanol tolerant cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs). Journal of Power Sources, 257, 246-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.01.117

This study focused on the development of novel cathode material based on the pyrolysis of [meso-tetrakis(2-thienyl)porphyrinato]Co(II) (CoTTP) for use in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) to treat wastewater containing methanol. The cathod... Read More about Cobalt porphyrin-based material as methanol tolerant cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs).

Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts (2014)
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You, J., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 6, 60-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2014.01.005

With exhausting fossil fuels and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, numerous attempts, to overcome future energy challenges, are being pursued. In this study, small-scale microbial fuel cells (MFCs, 0.7mL anodic chamber volume) were built to invest... Read More about Small-scale microbial fuel cells utilising uric salts.

Thixoforging of wrought aluminum thin plates with microchannels (2014)
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Bolouri, A., & Kang, C. G. (2014). Thixoforging of wrought aluminum thin plates with microchannels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45(5), 2575-2589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-013-2182-0

A direct die-filling thixoforging method is designed to fabricate aluminum thin plates with a pattern of microchannels in a single forming operation. Extruded AA2024 and AA7075 wrought aluminum billets are used. A recrystallization and partial remelt... Read More about Thixoforging of wrought aluminum thin plates with microchannels.

Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine (2014)
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Taghavi, M., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Mattoli, V., Beccai, L., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8717 LNAI, 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12

A new generation of self-sustainable and wearable Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) is introduced. Two different types of energy - chemical energy found in urine and mechanical energy harvested by manual pumping - were converted to electrical energy. The w... Read More about Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine.