Microbial Fuel Cell Operating Conditions
Naveen Patel, Dhananjai Rai, MD. Zafar Ali Khan, Shivam Soni, Umesh Mishra, Biswanath Bhunia
The exploitation of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas have been increasing and is creating a worldwide energy crisis. Because of global environmental concerns about pollution and energy uncertainty, sustainable and clean energy resources are needed to be investigated. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is such a technology, which uses organic compounds and converts it into electrical energy through catalytic reactions by microorganisms. The electricity generation efficiency of MFC is greatly influenced by various physical and chemical parameters i.e. operating conditions like temperature, pH, type of oxidant, electrode surface area, electrolyte conductivity and substrate, etc.
Keywords
MFC, Operating Condition, Substrate, Oxidant, Electrode, Conductivity
Published online 2/21/2019, 22 pages
Citation: Naveen Patel, Dhananjai Rai, MD. Zafar Ali Khan, Shivam Soni, Umesh Mishra, Biswanath Bhunia, Microbial Fuel Cell Operating Conditions, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 46, pp 53-74, 2019
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644900116-3
Part of the book on Microbial Fuel Cells
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