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dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Aritro
dc.contributor.authorCalay, Rajnish Kaur
dc.contributor.authorEregno, Fasil Ejigu
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-12T07:21:01Z
dc.date.available2022-05-12T07:21:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-09
dc.description.abstractMicrobial fuel cells (MFC) are an emerging technology for wastewater treatment that utilizes the metabolism of microorganisms to generate electricity from the organic matter present in water directly. The principle of MFC is the same as hydrogen fuel cell and has three main components (i.e., anode, cathode, and proton exchange membrane). The membrane separates the anode and cathode chambers and keeps the anaerobic and aerobic conditions in the two chambers, respectively. This review paper describes the state-of-the-art membrane materials particularly suited for MFC and discusses the recent development to obtain robust, sustainable, and cost-effective membranes. Nafion 117, Flemion, and Hyflon are the typical commercially available membranes used in MFC. Use of nonfluorinated polymeric membrane materials such as sulfonated silicon dioxide (S-SiO2) in sulfonated polystyrene ethylene butylene polystyrene (SSEBS), sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) and graphene oxide sulfonated polyether ether ketone (GO/SPEEK) membranes showed promising output and proved to be an alternative material to Nafion 117. There are many challenges to selecting a suitable membrane for a scaled-up MFC system so that the technology become technically and economically viable.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBanerjee, Calay, Eregno. Role and Important Properties of a Membrane with Its Recent Advancement in a Microbial Fuel Cell. Energies. 2022en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1986286
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en15020444
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25096
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalEnergies
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleRole and Important Properties of a Membrane with Its Recent Advancement in a Microbial Fuel Cellen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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