Bookstore

This book represents a novel attempt to describe microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a renewable energy source derived from organic wastes. Bioelectricity is usually produced through MFCs in oxygen-deficient environments, where a series of microorganisms convert the complex wastes into electrons via liquefaction through a cascade of enzymes in a bioelectrochemical process.

The book provides a detailed description of MFC technologies and their applications, along with the theories underlying the electron transfer mechanisms, the biochemistry and the microbiology involved, and the material characteristics of the anode, cathode and separator. It is intended for a broad audience, mainly undergraduates, postgraduates, energy researchers, scientists working in industry and at research organizations, energy specialists, policymakers, and anyone else interested in the latest developments concerning MFCs. 

Microbial Fuel Cell: A Bioelectrochemical System that Converts Waste to Watts

1. Introduction
2. Principles of microbial fuel cell for the power generation
3. Characteristics of microbes involved in microbial fuel cell
4. Microbial ecology of anodic biofilms: From species selection to microbial interactions
5. Anodic electron transfer mechanism in bioelectrochemical systems
6. Development of suitable anode materials for microbial fuel cells
7. Performances of separator and membraneless microbial fuel cell
8. Role of cathode catalyst in microbial fuel cell
9. Role of biocathodes in bioelectrochemical systems
10. Physicochemical parameters governing microbial fuel cell performance
11. Reactor design for bioelectrochemical systems
12. Microfluidic microbial fuel cell: On-chip automated and robust method to generate energy
13. Diagnostic tools for the assessment of MFC
14. Modelling of reaction and transport in microbial fuel cells
15. Bioremediation and power generation from organic wastes using microbial fuel cell
16. Removal and recovery of metals by using bio-electrochemical system
17. Sediment microbial fuel cell and constructed wetland assisted with it: Challenges and future prospects
18. Fundamentals of microbial desalination cell
19. Biophotovoltaics: Conversion of light energy to bioelectricity through photosynthetic microbial fuel cell technology
20. Application of microbial fuel cell as a biosensor
21. Microbial fuel cell as alternate power tool: Potential and challenges
22. Microbially mediated electrosynthesis processes
23. Recent progress towards scaling up of MFCs
24. Scaling up of MFCs: Challenges and case studies
25. Challenges in microbial fuel cell and future scope
Index