Development of Bio-Electrochemical Systems for Waste Exploitation: A Multipurpose Technology for Increasing Circularity and Environmental Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Waste and Recycling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 4685
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bio-electrochemical systems; bio-electrochemical systems’ design improvements; materials; modeling; power generation); biofuel production and upgrading; electro fermentation; waste treatment; renewable energy systems (integration of renewable energy for self-sustainable systems); electrochemistry (electrochemical characterization techniques)
Interests: materials; heterogeneous catalysis; hydrophobic/hydrophilic coatings; AOPs; fuel cells
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Dear Colleagues,
Bio-electrochemical systems (BESs) take advantage of the metabolic processes of collective microbes for wastewater treatment, energy generation and resource recovery. BESs are categorized into four main types: microbial fuel cells (MFCs), microbial desalination cells (MDCs), microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) and microbial electrosynthesis (MES). MFCs are mainly used for wastewater treatment and electricity generation, and MDCs are used for ion desalinization, whereas MECs are mainly used for H2 or CH4 production (bio-gas upgrading) and MES for chemical production. According to the scope of the technology, several systems with different designs and construction materials have been proposed. Although several bio-reactor designs have been investigated with both expensive and cheap materials and under different operating conditions, BESs are still in their infancy.
This Special Issue will present recent developments that have been made in the field of BESs. Papers that present the most recent findings regarding BESs such as designs, alternative materials for electrodes, separators, catalysts, waste/wastewater treatment, energy generation, resource recovery, electrofermentation and the modeling of the processes are welcome. Review articles are also welcome.
Dr. Asimina Tremouli
Dr. Pavlos Pandis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wastes/wastewater valorization
- bio-fuels
- bio-electrochemical systems (BESs)
- microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
- microbial electrosynthesis (MES)
- microbial desalination cells (MDCs)
- microbial electrolysis cells (MECs)
- electrofermentation
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