Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note

Ieropoulos, Ioannis

Abstract

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 transfer mechanisms at the anode and cathode electrodes. New materials are presented as low-cost catalysts for oxygen reduction or H2 evolution reactions, as alternatives to exotic/expensive metals. Different anode materials, structures, and configurations are shown with impressive results. Anodic biofilms have been identified and extensively studied, as well as newspecies and mixed-culture biofilms. Innovative designs and working conditions of microbial electrolytic cells for H2 production or NH3 recovery with outstanding results are also presented.

• Journal Article Type: Editorial
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Apr 29, 2017
• Publication Date: Jul 15, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 11, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Power Sources
• Print ISSN: 0378-7753
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 356
• Pages: 223-224
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.04.071
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6804444