Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s) In this work, the electrodes of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) are investigated as the positive and negative electrodes of an internal supercapacitor. The resulting system has been named a supercapacitive microbial desalinat... Read More about Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content.

Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. An iron-nitrogen-carbon-based catalyst was used at the cathode of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) and compared with platinum (Pt) and an activated carbon (AC) cathode. The Fe-N−C catalyst was p... Read More about Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts.

Influence of platinum group metal-free catalyst synthesis on microbial fuel cell performance (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) ORR catalysts from the Fe-N-C family were synthesized using sacrificial support method (SSM) technique. Six experimental steps were used during the synthesis: 1) mixing the precursor, the metal... Read More about Influence of platinum group metal-free catalyst synthesis on microbial fuel cell performance.

EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) (2017)
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In this paper we present EvoBot, a RepRap open-source 3D-printer modified to operate like a robot for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). EvoBot is a modular liquid handling robot that has been adapted to host MFCs in its experimen... Read More about EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).

A family of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) application: Relationships between surface chemistry and performances (2017)
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© 2016 The Author(s) Different iron-based cathode catalysts have been studied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in neutral media and then applied into microbial fuel cells (MFC). The catalysts have been synthesized using sacrificial support method... Read More about A family of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) application: Relationships between surface chemistry and performances.

Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note (2017)
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The Special Section “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications” covers many diverse and multidisciplinary aspects of the entire microbial electrochemical field, with a special emphasis on microbial and abiotic/microbial electron transfe... Read More about Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note.

Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the major factors that is limiting the overall performance output of microbial fuel cells (MFC). In this study, Platinum Group Metal-free (PGM-free) ORR catalysts based on Fe, Co, Ni, M... Read More about Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts.

Transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral electrolyte (2017)
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© 2016 The Authors Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts based on M-N-C types of materials with M as Mn, Fe, Co and Ni and aminoantipyrine (AAPyr) as N-C precursors were synthesized using sacrificial support method. Catalysts kinetics of oxy... Read More about Transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral electrolyte.

Gelatin as a promising printable feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC) (2017)
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© 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an energy transducer that can directly produce electricity from bacterial oxidation of organic matter. MFCs consist of two reaction chambers (anode and cathode) separated by a s... Read More about Gelatin as a promising printable feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC).

High performance platinum group metal-free cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) (2017)
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© The Author(s) 2016. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode is usually the limiting step in microbial fuel cells and improvements have to be done to increase the performances and reduce the cost. For the first time, iron-based catalysts... Read More about High performance platinum group metal-free cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC).

Bimetallic platinum group metal-free catalysts for high power generating microbial fuel cells (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors M1-M2-N-C bimetallic catalysts with M1 as Fe and Co and M2 as Fe, Co, Ni and Mn were synthesized and investigated as cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The catalysts were prepared by Sacrificial Support Method i... Read More about Bimetallic platinum group metal-free catalysts for high power generating microbial fuel cells.

Integration of Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology (2017)
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© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Catalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts integrated with an enzyme (bilirubin oxidase, BOx) in neutral media was studied... Read More about Integration of Platinum Group Metal-Free Catalysts and Bilirubin Oxidase into a Hybrid Material for Oxygen Reduction: Interplay of Chemistry and Morphology.

Design of iron(II) phthalocyanine-derived oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for high-power-density microbial fuel cells (2017)
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© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) deposited onto two different carbonaceous supports was synthesized through an unconventional pyrolysis-free method. The obtained materials were studied in the oxygen r... Read More about Design of iron(II) phthalocyanine-derived oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for high-power-density microbial fuel cells.

Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review (2017)
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© 2017 The Author(s) In the past 10–15 years, the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has captured the attention of the scientific community for the possibility of transforming organic waste directly into electricity through microbially catalyzed an... Read More about Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review.

Three-dimensional graphene nanosheets as cathode catalysts in standard and supercapacitive microbial fuel cell (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors Three-dimensional graphene nanosheets (3D-GNS) were used as cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) operating in neutral conditions. 3D-GNS catalysts showed high performance towards oxygen electroreduction in neutral medi... Read More about Three-dimensional graphene nanosheets as cathode catalysts in standard and supercapacitive microbial fuel cell.

Sub-toxic concentrations of volatile organic compounds inhibit extracellular respiration of Escherichia coli cells grown in anodic bioelectrochemical systems (2016)
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© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Low-cost and rapid detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is important for the control of water quality of used water and protection of downstream used water treatment processes. In this work, the effect of sub-toxic conc... Read More about Sub-toxic concentrations of volatile organic compounds inhibit extracellular respiration of Escherichia coli cells grown in anodic bioelectrochemical systems.

Co-generation of hydrogen and power/current pulses from supercapacitive MFCs using novel HER iron-based catalysts (2016)
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© 2016 The Author(s) In this work, four different supercapacitive microbial fuel cells (SC-MFCs) with carbon brush as the anode and an air-breathing cathode with Fe-Aminoantipyrine (Fe-AAPyr) as the catalyst have been investigated using galvanostatic... Read More about Co-generation of hydrogen and power/current pulses from supercapacitive MFCs using novel HER iron-based catalysts.

Miniaturized supercapacitors: key materials and structures towards autonomous and sustainable devices and systems (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors Supercapacitors (SCs) are playing a key role for the development of self-powered and self-sustaining integrated systems for different fields ranging from remote sensing, robotics and medical devices. SC miniaturization and integrat... Read More about Miniaturized supercapacitors: key materials and structures towards autonomous and sustainable devices and systems.

Anodic biofilms as the interphase for electroactive bacterial growth on carbon veil (2016)
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© 2016 American Vacuum Society. The structure and activity of electrochemically active biofilms (EABs) are usually investigated on flat electrodes. However, real world applications such as wastewater treatment and bioelectrosynthesis require tridimen... Read More about Anodic biofilms as the interphase for electroactive bacterial growth on carbon veil.

Carbon-based air-breathing cathodes for microbial fuel cells (2016)
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© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. A comparison between different carbon-based gas-diffusion air-breathing cathodes for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is presented in this work. A micro-porous layer (MPL) based on carbon black (CB... Read More about Carbon-based air-breathing cathodes for microbial fuel cells.