ISBN : 9780323857116
Author : Mostafa Rahimnejad
Publisher : Elsevier
Year : 2023
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : Table of contents Part 1: Constituents, structure, materials and measurement with conceptual, practical and economical views 1. Introduction to microbial fuel cell technology 2. Electrochemical and microbiological concepts of MFCs 2.1. Exoelectrogenic microorganisms 2.2. Electrotrophic microorganism 2.3. Microbial growth and effective parameters 3. Anode electrodes in MFCs 3.1. Anode concepts and properties 3.2. From conventional to modern anode materials 3.3. Kinetics study and electrochemical measurements for anodes 3.4. Cost and performance analysis of anode materials 4. Cathode electrodes in MFCs 4.1. Cathode concepts, structures and properties 4.2. Cathode catalysts: conventional, photo and bio catalysts 4.3. PGM-free catalysts 4.4. ORR kinetics and electrochemical measurements for cathodes 4.5. Economical assessment of cathodes 5. Energy and power measurement methods in MFCs 6. MFCs designing and performance 6.1. Batch and continuous feeding 6.2. Different configurations 6.3. Reactor design kinetics and thermodynamics 6.4. Modelling and simulation 6.5. scale-up and practical designs of MFCs 7. Separators and membranes 8. Supercapacitors and MFCs 9. MFCs’ challenges and the potential solutions 10. MFCs’ commercialization and economic analysis Part 2: MFCs’ applications 11. Electricity generation 12. Wastewater treatment 13. Bio-hydrogen generation and MECs 14. CO2 reduction and MES 15. Bioremediation by MFC technology 16. MFC based biosensors 17. Sediment microbial fuel cell 18. Future applications