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Supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: Characterization and analysis for improved charge storage/delivery performance (2016)
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Houghton, J., Santoro, C., Soavi, F., Serov, A., Ieropoulos, I., Arbizzani, C., & Atanassov, P. (2016). Supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: Characterization and analysis for improved charge storage/delivery performance. Bioresource Technology, 218, 552-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.105

© 2016 The Author(s) Supercapacitive microbial fuel cells with various anode and cathode dimensions were investigated in order to determine the effect on cell capacitance and delivered power quality. The cathode size was shown to be the limiting comp... Read More about Supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: Characterization and analysis for improved charge storage/delivery performance.

Morphological Characterization of ALD and Doping Effects on Mesoporous SnO2 Aerogels by XPS and Quantitative SEM Image Analysis (2016)
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Agrios, A. G., Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Correa-Baena, J. P., & Santoro, C. (2016). Morphological Characterization of ALD and Doping Effects on Mesoporous SnO2 Aerogels by XPS and Quantitative SEM Image Analysis. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(15), 9849-9854. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b00019

© 2016 American Chemical Society. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is unsurpassed in its ability to create thin conformal coatings over very rough and/or porous materials. Yet although the coating thickness on flat surfaces can be measured by ellipsomet... Read More about Morphological Characterization of ALD and Doping Effects on Mesoporous SnO2 Aerogels by XPS and Quantitative SEM Image Analysis.

Self-powered supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: The ultimate way of boosting and harvesting power (2016)
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Atanassov, P., Arbizzani, C., Serov, A., Soavi, F., & Santoro, C. (2016). Self-powered supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: The ultimate way of boosting and harvesting power. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 78, 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2015.11.026

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. In this work, for the first time, we demonstrate a supercapacitive microbial fuel cell which integrates the energy harvesting function of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) with the high-power operation of an internal supercapacitor. Th... Read More about Self-powered supercapacitive microbial fuel cell: The ultimate way of boosting and harvesting power.

Microbial Fuel Cell-driven caustic potash production from wastewater for carbon sequestration (2016)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Santoro, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). Microbial Fuel Cell-driven caustic potash production from wastewater for carbon sequestration. Bioresource Technology, 215, 285-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.04.004

© 2016 The Authors. This work reports on the novel formation of caustic potash (KOH) directly on the MFC cathode locking carbon dioxide into potassium bicarbonate salt (kalicinite) while producing, instead of consuming electrical power. Using potassi... Read More about Microbial Fuel Cell-driven caustic potash production from wastewater for carbon sequestration.

Bilirubin oxidase based enzymatic air-breathing cathode: Operation under pristine and contaminated conditions (2016)
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Atanassov, P., Schuler, A., Erable, B., Babanova, S., & Santoro, C. (2016). Bilirubin oxidase based enzymatic air-breathing cathode: Operation under pristine and contaminated conditions. Bioelectrochemistry, 108, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2015.10.005

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. The performance of bilirubin oxidase (BOx) based air breathing cathode was constantly monitored over 45days. The effect of electrolyte composition on the cathode oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) output was investigated. Particular... Read More about Bilirubin oxidase based enzymatic air-breathing cathode: Operation under pristine and contaminated conditions.

Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture (2015)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Santoro, C., Li, B., Cristiani, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture. Water Research, 86, 108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.014

© 2015 The Authors. In Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), the recovery of water can be achieved with the help of both active (electro-osmosis), and passive (osmosis) transport pathways of electrolyte through the semi-permeable selective separator. The elec... Read More about Electro-osmotic-based catholyte production by Microbial Fuel Cells for carbon capture.

High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application (2015)
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Atanassov, P., Schuler, A. J., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Stariha, S., Villarrubia, C. W., …Santoro, C. (2015). High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16596

© 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)
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Atanassov, P., Schuler, A. J., Ista, L., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Lopez, C., …Santoro, C. (2015). Surface modification for enhanced biofilm formation and electron transport in Shewanella anodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(9), H597-H603. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0271509jes

© 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)
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Schuler, A. J., Atanassov, P., Marsili, E., Ista, L., Cornejo, J. A., Artyushkova, K., …Santoro, C. (2015). Influence of anode surface chemistry on microbial fuel cell operation. Bioelectrochemistry, 106, 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2015.05.002

© 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)
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Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Schuler, A. J., Babanova, S., Stariha, S., Narvaez Villarrubia, C. W., …Santoro, C. (2015). Double-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell with a Non-Platinum-Group Metal Fe-N-C Cathode Catalyst. ChemSusChem, 8(5), 828-834. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201402570

© 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)
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Schuler, A. J., Atanassov, P., Babanova, S., Ista, L. K., Cornejo, J. A., Artyushkova, K., & Santoro, C. (2015). Relationship between surface chemistry, biofilm structure, and electron transfer in Shewanella anodes. Biointerphases, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4913783

© 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.

Three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography of carbonates and biofilm on operated cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cell (2015)
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Cristianib, P., Fest-Santini, S., Marsili, E., Atanassov, P., Lorenzi, M., Guilizzoni, M., …Santoro, C. (2015). Three-dimensional X-ray microcomputed tomography of carbonates and biofilm on operated cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cell. Biointerphases, 10(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4930239

© 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.

Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis (2015)
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Atanassov, P., Bestetti, M., Cristiani, P., Trasatti, S. P., Guerrini, E., Babanova, S., …Santoro, C. (2015). Enzymatic Oxygen Microsensor Based on Bilirubin Oxidase Applied to Microbial Fuel Cells Analysis. Electroanalysis, 27(2), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400543

© 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.

The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes (2014)
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Santoro, C., Babanova, S., Artyushkova, K., Atanassov, P., Greenman, J., Cristiani, P., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), 21796-21802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.09.167

© 2014 Cost-effective activated carbon (AC) material was investigated for the development of gas-diffusion cathode employed in membraneless single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating different feeding solutions. The electrocatalytic activi... Read More about The effects of wastewater types on power generation and phosphorus removal of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with activated carbon (AC) cathodes.

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.

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.

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).

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).