Bio-electrochemical characterization of air-cathode microbial fuel cells with microporous polyethylene/silica membrane as separator

Fabrication of a SGO/PVDF‐g‐PSSA composite proton‐exchange membrane and its enhanced performance in microbial fuel cells

“…The thickness of the biofilm on the membrane was of the same order as the membrane without biofilm. The resistance of raw Nafion 117 is about 14 mΩ, while the theoretical resistance of biofilm developed on membrane could be about 31 Ω (assuming a specific area resistance for mixed biofilm of 0.5 kΩ cm 2 ), which had a significant contribution to the overall resistance . All of these above studies had studied the biofouling situation of PEMs during MFCs operation and the influence of membrane biofouling on the properties of PEMs and the power generation performance of MFCs from a macro‐perspective.…”

“…The resistance of raw Nafion 117 is about 14 mΩ, while the theoretical resistance of biofilm developed on membrane could be about 31 Ω (assuming a specific area resistance for mixed biofilm of 0.5 kΩ cm 2 ), which had a significant contribution to the overall resistance. 63 All of these above studies had studied the biofouling situation of PEMs during MFCs operation and the influence of membrane biofouling on the properties of PEMs and the power generation performance of MFCs from a macro-perspective. In this paper, a new method for the evaluation of PEMs biofouling in MFCs from a micro-perspective was established based on a QCM-D combined with membrane-coated sensor crystals technique.…”

Prevention and removal of membrane and separator biofouling in bioelectrochemical systems: a comprehensive review

“…Their growth was promoted by the introduction of the bioelectrochemical system. Kircheva et al (2015) investigated the bacterial community on two types of membranes in a single chamber MFC after 8 months of operation. The similarity between bacterial communities obtained from Nafion-117 and RhinoHide membranes was only 15.4%.…”

Bioenergy Based Power Sources for Mobile Autonomous Robots

“…Furthermore, MFC may operate on different substrates from glucose to oil-products [88], in point of fact using all of them that can be processed by microorganisms or their communities [78,89,90]. While developing the MFC, it is important to choose inexpensive materials for electrodes and membranes to create more powerful low-cost devices for industrial applications in prospect [91]. In addition, there are a number of works on creation of MFC working on pure substances, such as glucose [80], xylose [92] or acetate [93,94].…”