Advances in Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Storage
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 3826
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioelectrochemistry; environmental microbiology; microbial fuel cells
Interests: utilisation of biological resources for the fermentative production of renewable energy fuels/carriers particularly biohydrogen and biobutanol; bio-electrochemical systems, e.g., microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment/electricity production and for production of renewable chemicals; process optimisation of bioreactor systems for the production of biological products
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to recent advances in the field of energy storage, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and their derivatives are being considered as a viable source of energy, to power low-power requirement applications. It is known that the inherent power production capabilities of MFCs and affiliated devices is relatively low compared to their chemical fuel cells counterparts (i.e., hydrogen fuel cells). Nevertheless, with the current progress witnessed in energy storage solutions, MFC technology is again becoming a viable option for powering low-drain electronic devices that could be employed in biomonitoring, biosensing applications and low-powered sensory devices for deployment in water or soil.
This Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Wastewater Treatment and Energy Storage”, focuses on the application of MFC technology coupled to energy storage solutions. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, methods and/or applications in the following areas:
- MFC technology affiliated with rechargeble energy storage devices;
- MFC technology affiliated with capacitance or super-capacitance devices;
- MFC technology affiliated with any other form of chemical energy storage;
- MFCs used in sensing or environmental monitoring applications;
- Specialized low-power electronic devices operating with MFCs or bio-electrochemical cells.
Dr. Eustace Y. Fernando
Dr. Godfrey Kyazze
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microbial fuel cells
- bioelectrochemical cells
- energy storage
- batteries
- capacitors
- super capacitors
- biosensing devices
- bio-monitoring devices and environmental sensing devices
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