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Progress in Chemistry 2009, Vol. 21 Issue (6): 1349-1355 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Microbial Fuel Cells

Liu Hongfang*; |Zheng Bijuan   

  1. (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China)
  • Received: Revised: Online: Published:
  • Contact: Liu Hongfang E-mail:liuhf@mail.hust.edu.cn
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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are bioreactors that convert chemical energy in the chemical bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic reaction of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. The history and the operation principle of MFCs are present firstly. Currently, real applications of MFCs are limited because of their low power density. This paper review the recent advance in MFCs research with emphases on enhancing the power density in respect of the microbes used in MFCs, the structure of the cell, the proton exchange membrane, the electrode and the electrolyte. Some interesting studies about MFCs are offered, such as plant-MFCs, application of biocathode in MFCs, bio-electrochemical denitrification and treatment of toxic wastewater.

Contents
1 History of microbial fuel cell development
2 Principle of microbial fuel cells
3 Development bottleneck and improvement methods
3.1 Electricigens
3.2 Structures of microbial fuel cells
3.3 Proton exchange membranes
3.4 Electrode materials
3.5 Electrolyte
3.6 Other aspects
4 Latest research directions
4.1 Plant microbial fuel cells
4.2 Biocathode microbial fuel cells
4.3 Denitrification and toxic wasterwater treatment
5 Conclusion

Key words: microbial fuel cells(MFCs), power density, coulombic efficiency (CE)

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Microbial Fuel Cells