Gelatin as a promising printable nutrient feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This study describes the work carried out towards the optimization of critical MFC components with potential 3D fabricated materials. The response of the optimised fuel cells, which were fed with soft materials such as gelatin, alginate and Nafion™,... Read More about Gelatin as a promising printable nutrient feedstock for microbial fuel cells (MFC).

High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. For the first time, a new generation of innovative non-platinum group metal catalysts based on iron and aminoantipyrine as precursor (Fe-AAPyr) has been utilized in a membraneless single-cham... Read More about High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application.

Surface modification for enhanced biofilm formation and electron transport in Shewanella anodes (2015)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2015. Published by ECS. In this study a simple, fast and effective surface modification method for enhanced biofilm formation, increased electron transfer rate and higher current density generation from microbial fuel cell (MFC) has b... Read More about Surface modification for enhanced biofilm formation and electron transport in Shewanella anodes.

Influence of anode surface chemistry on microbial fuel cell operation (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) modified gold anodes are used in single chamber microbial fuel cells for organic removal and electricity generation. Hydrophilic (N(CH3)3+, OH, COOH) and hydrophobic (CH3) SAMs are examined for th... Read More about Influence of anode surface chemistry on microbial fuel cell operation.

Double-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell with a Non-Platinum-Group Metal Fe-N-C Cathode Catalyst (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Non-Pt-group metal (non-PGM) materials based on transition metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) and derived from iron salt and aminoantipyrine (Fe-AAPyr) of mebendazole (Fe-MBZ) were studied for the first... Read More about Double-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell with a Non-Platinum-Group Metal Fe-N-C Cathode Catalyst.

Relationship between surface chemistry, biofilm structure, and electron transfer in Shewanella anodes (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 American Vacuum Society. A better understanding of how anode surface properties affect growth, development, and activity of electrogenic biofilms has great potential to improve the performance of bioelectrochemical systems such as microbial fu... Read More about Relationship between surface chemistry, biofilm structure, and electron transfer in Shewanella anodes.

Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Abundant marine biomass in coastal regions has continued to attract increasing attention in recent times as a possible source of renewable energy. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of hydrolytic pre-treatment for the purpo... Read More about Hydrolytic effects of acid and enzymatic pre-treatment on the anaerobic biodegradability of Ascophyllum nodosum and Laminaria digitata species of brown seaweed.

Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. A selective oxygen biosensor based on bilirubin oxidase (BOx) was developed. The sensor was used for determining oxygen profiles in a membraneless, single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC), fed w... Read More about Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis.

Three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography of carbonates and biofilm on operated cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cell (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 American Vacuum Society. Power output limitation is one of the main concerns that need to be addressed for full-scale applications of the microbial fuel cell technology. Fouling and biofilm growth on the cathode of single chamber microbial fue... Read More about Three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography of carbonates and biofilm on operated cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cell.