Performance and recent improvement in microbial fuel cells for simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal: A review

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• 作者：Haishu Sun ; Shengjun Xu ; Guoqiang Zhuang ; ^{gqzhuang@rcees.ac.cn" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Xuliang Zhuang
• 关键词：Microbial fuel cells ; Wastewater treatment ; Electricity generation ; Simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal ; Electron transfer
• 刊名：Journal of Environmental Sciences
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：39
• 期：Complete
• 页码：242-248
• 全文大小：469 K

文摘

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have become a promising technology for wastewater treatment accompanying electricity generation. Carbon and nitrogen removal can be achieved by utilizing the electron transfer between the anode and cathode in an MFC. However, large-scale power production and high removal efficiency must be achieved at a low cost to make MFCs practical and economically competitive in the future. This article reviews the principles, feasibility and bottlenecks of MFCs for simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removal, the recent advances and prospective strategies for performance improvement, as well as the involved microbes and electron transfer mechanisms.