Abstract
The sustainable development of human society in today’s high-tech world depends on some form of eco-friendly energy source because existing technologies cannot keep up with the rapid population expansion and the vast amounts of wastewater that result from human activity. A green technology called a microbial fuel cell (MFC) focuses on using biodegradable trash as a substrate to harness the power of bacteria to produce bioenergy. Production of bioenergy and wastewater treatment are the two main uses of MFC. MFCs have also been used in biosensors, water desalination, polluted soil remediation, and the manufacture of chemicals like methane and formate. MFC-based biosensors have gained a lot of attention in the last few decades due to their straightforward operating principle and long-term viability, with a wide range of applications including bioenergy production, treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater, biological oxygen demand, toxicity detection, microbial activity detection, and air quality monitoring, etc. This review focuses on several MFC types and their functions, including the detection of microbial activity.
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Abbreviations
- DO :
-
Dissolved oxygen
- BOD :
-
Biochemical oxygen demand
- COD :
-
Chemical oxygen demand
- AG :
-
Activated graphite
- CB :
-
Carbon brush
- CC :
-
Carbon cloth
- CF :
-
Carbon fiber
- CP :
-
Carbon paper
- CR :
-
Carbon rod
- GF :
-
Graphite felt
- GG :
-
Graphite gravel
- GP :
-
Graphite plate
- GR :
-
Graphite rod
- SPEEK :
-
Sulfonated poly ether ketone
- AC :
-
Activated carbon
- SCE :
-
Saturated calomel electrode
- Pt. :
-
Platinum
- TWWM :
-
Titanium woven wire mesh
- ENIG :
-
Electro less nickel immersion gold
- AEM :
-
Anion exchange membrane
- CEM :
-
Cation exchange membrane
- PEM :
-
Proton exchange membrane
- PF :
-
Porous filter
- SDS :
-
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
- VFA :
-
Volatile fatty acids
- MMFCs :
-
Microfluidic microbial fuel cells
- SAV :
-
Surface area-to-volume
- PDMS :
-
Polydimethylsiloxane
- PTFE :
-
Polytetrafluoroethylene
- GAL :
-
-D-galactosidase
- GUS :
-
B-d-glucuronidase
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Varshney, A., Sharma, L., pandit, C. et al. Microbial Fuel Cell–Based Biosensors and Applications. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 195, 3508–3531 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04397-x
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