CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.
CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Chemosphere. 2015 Dec;140:12-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.059. Epub 2015 Apr 21.
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have gained tremendous global interest over the last decades as a device that uses bacteria to oxidize organic and inorganic matters in the anode with bioelectricity generation and even for purpose of bioremediation. However, this prospective technology has not yet been carried out in field in particular because of its low power yields and target compounds removal which can be largely influenced by electron acceptors contributing to overcome the potential losses existing on the cathode. This mini review summarizes various electron acceptors used in recent years in the categories of inorganic and organic compounds, identifies their merits and drawbacks, and compares their influences on performance of MFCs, as well as briefly discusses possible future research directions particularly from cathode aspect.
微生物燃料电池（MFC）作为一种利用细菌在阳极氧化有机和无机物质并产生生物电能的设备，在过去几十年中引起了全球的极大关注，甚至可用于生物修复。然而，由于其产电率低，目标化合物去除率低，这主要受到阴极上存在的潜在损失的电子受体的影响，因此该有前景的技术尚未在现场实施。本文简要综述了近年来在无机和有机化合物类别中使用的各种电子受体，确定了它们的优缺点，并比较了它们对 MFC 性能的影响，还简要讨论了可能的未来研究方向，特别是从阴极方面。
