Paper-Based Microbial Fuel Cell
Suruchee Samparnna Mishra, Swaraj Mohanty, Sonali Mohapatra
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that convert organic substances into electrical energy with the help of microorganisms. The MFCs are advantageous in an industrial perspective as these can utilize a wide range of substrates. Hence, paper-based MFCs are a promising alternative for bioelectricity generation which can act ideally even without much effort by the operator and can produce efficient power even after just being plummeted onto the liquid solution containing organic matter. Further, the wide-scale applicability of paper-based MFCs along with their cost-effective features has made the device an important ration in the present industrial based energy sector.
Keywords
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC), Exoelectrogens, Membranes, Electricity
Published online 2/21/2019, 24 pages
Citation: Suruchee Samparnna Mishra, Swaraj Mohanty, Sonali Mohapatra, Paper-Based Microbial Fuel Cell, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 46, pp 101-124, 2019
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644900116-5
Part of the book on Microbial Fuel Cells
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