Chemical Engineering Department, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Quaid-E-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Feb;28(5):5005-5019. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-11691-2. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
Petroleum, coal, and natural gas reservoir were depleting continuously due to an increase in industrialization, which enforced study to identify alternative sources. The next option is the renewable resources which are most important for energy purpose coupled with environmental problem reduction. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have become a promising approach to generate cleaner and more sustainable electrical energy. The involvement of various disciplines had been contributing to enhancing the performance of the MFCs. This review covers the performance of MFC along with different wastewater as a substrate in terms of treatment efficiencies as well as for energy generation. Apart from this, effect of various parameters and use of different nanomaterials for performance of MFC were also studied. From the current study, it proves that the use of microbial fuel cell along with the use of nanomaterials could be the waste and energy-related problem-solving approach. MFC could be better in performances based on optimized process parameters for handling any wastewater from industrial process.
由于工业化的不断发展，石油、煤炭和天然气储量不断减少，这促使人们研究寻找替代能源。下一个选择是可再生资源，它们对于能源目的非常重要，同时也可以减少环境问题。微生物燃料电池（MFC）已成为一种很有前途的方法，可以产生更清洁、更可持续的电能。各个学科的参与有助于提高 MFC 的性能。本综述涵盖了 MFC 的性能以及不同废水作为基质在处理效率以及能源产生方面的情况。除此之外，还研究了各种参数的影响以及不同纳米材料在 MFC 性能方面的应用。从目前的研究来看，事实证明，使用微生物燃料电池和纳米材料的结合可能是解决废物和能源相关问题的方法。基于优化的工艺参数，MFC 可以更好地处理来自工业过程的任何废水，从而提高其性能。
