[Biomass energy utilization in microbial fuel cells: potentials and challenges].
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) that can harvest biomass energy from organic wastes through microbial catalysis have garnered more and more attention within the past decade due to its potential benefits to ecological environment. In this article, the updated progress in MFCs is reviewed, with a focus on frontier technologies such as chamber configurations, feedstock varieties and the integration of MFCs with microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production. And on the other hand, the challenges like development of cost-effective electrode materials, improvement of biomass energy recovery and power output, design and optimization of commercial MFC devices are presented.
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education (MOE), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. lphuang2008@gmail.com
Liping
L
Huang
Shaoan
S
Cheng
D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources / Q000639:trends*; D018533:Biomass; D004566:Electrodes / Q000191:economics; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism
D006859:Hydrogen