Recent Trends and Prospects of Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Energy Positive Wastewater Treatment Plants Treating Organic Waste Resources

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is receiving a lot of attention recently as a promising technology for generating electricity by treating organic waste resources. Over the past 20 years, the MFC technology has made rapid progress: various research on system architectures, electrochemistry, mate...

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Main Authors: Sunghoon Son, Youngjin Kim, Myeongwoon Kim, Sokhee P. Jung
Format: article
Language:EN
KO
Published: Korean Society of Environmental Engineers 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4491/KSEE.2021.43.10.623
https://doaj.org/article/211b0f90eba94e6cb878d72657734d3d
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Summary:Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology is receiving a lot of attention recently as a promising technology for generating electricity by treating organic waste resources. Over the past 20 years, the MFC technology has made rapid progress: various research on system architectures, electrochemistry, materials, and microbiology has been conducted for developing practical ideas and fundamental principles. Recently, a lot of research on scaled-up systems for practical application is being conducted in the MFC field. In this review, materials, electrochemistry, system development and scale-up systems of MFCs studied so far are reviewed, and future prospects and directions of MFC technology are presented.