Floating microbial fuel cells as energy harvesters for signal transmission from natural water bodies

Schievano, Andrea; Colombo, Alessandra; Grattieri, Matteo; Trasatti, Stefano P.; Liberale, Alessandro; Tremolada, Paolo; Pino, Claudio; Cristiani, Pierangela

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.11.037

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“…Interestingly, using dense rice plants (Oryza Sativa) to ensure the long-term performance, several artistically-defined "floating garden" MFCs were set in the context of demonstrative events at the 2015 Milan World Exposition EXPO2015. As a proof of the possible applicability of those cells, some of the "floating garden" MFCs were operative for more than one year [57].…”

Section: Mfc Power Supply For Sensors and Biosensorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, DC/DC converters have been successfully employed to increase and stabilize the electric potentials of MFCs, as schematically illustrated in Figure 4. This technology has recently been applied for the design of a new type of floating microbial fuel cell (f-MFC) for the power supply of a remote environmental sensor and data transmission [57]. In detail, ten operating MFCs generated a cell potential in the range of 100-800 mV.…”

Section: Mfc Power Supply For Sensors and Biosensorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Interestingly, using dense rice plants (Oryza Sativa) to ensure the long-term performance, several artistically-defined "floating garden" MFCs were set in the context of demonstrative events at the 2015 Milan World Exposition EXPO2015. This technology has recently been applied for the design of a new type of floating microbial fuel cell (f-MFC) for the power supply of a remote environmental sensor and data transmission [57]. In detail, ten operating MFCs generated a cell potential in the range of 100-800 mV.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Novel Applications of Microbial Fuel Cells in Sensors and Biosensors

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A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a type of bio-electrochemical system with novel features, such as electricity generation, wastewater treatment, and biosensor applications. In recent years, progressive trends in MFC research on its chemical, electrochemical, and microbiological aspects has resulted in its noticeable applications in the field of sensing. This review was consequently aimed to provide an overview of the most interesting new applications of MFCs in sensors, such as providing the required electrical current and power for remote sensors (energy supply device for sensors) and detection of pollutants, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and specific DNA strands by MFCs without an external analytical device (self-powered biosensors). Moreover, in this review, procedures of MFC operation as a power supply for pH, temperature, and organic loading rate (OLR) sensors, and also self-powered biosensors of toxicity, pollutants, and BOD have been discussed.

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Section: Mfc Power Supply For Sensors and Biosensorsmentioning

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“…Interestingly, using dense rice plants (Oryza Sativa) to ensure the long-term performance, several artistically-defined "floating garden" MFCs were set in the context of demonstrative events at the 2015 Milan World Exposition EXPO2015. This technology has recently been applied for the design of a new type of floating microbial fuel cell (f-MFC) for the power supply of a remote environmental sensor and data transmission [57]. In detail, ten operating MFCs generated a cell potential in the range of 100-800 mV.…”

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“…[87][88][89][90][91][92] The anode electrode was embedded within anoxicmarine sediments and connected through electronic circuits to as imilar electrode in the overlying aerobic seawater (the cathode) to make an SMFC. [93] The SMFC with an unmodified graphite electrode afforded an electric powerg eneration of 0.01 Wm…”

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Fuel Production from Seawater and Fuel Cells Using Seawater

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Seawater is the most abundant resource on our planet and fuel production from seawater has the notable advantage that it would not compete with growing demands for pure water. This Review focuses on the production of fuels from seawater and their direct use in fuel cells. Electrolysis of seawater under appropriate conditions affords hydrogen and dioxygen with 100 % faradaic efficiency without oxidation of chloride. Photoelectrocatalytic production of hydrogen from seawater provides a promising way to produce hydrogen with low cost and high efficiency. Microbial solar cells (MSCs) that use biofilms produced in seawater can generate electricity from sunlight without additional fuel because the products of photosynthesis can be utilized as electrode reactants, whereas the electrode products can be utilized as photosynthetic reactants. Another important source for hydrogen is hydrogen sulfide, which is abundantly found in Black Sea deep water. Hydrogen produced by electrolysis of Black Sea deep water can also be used in hydrogen fuel cells. Production of a fuel and its direct use in a fuel cell has been made possible for the first time by a combination of photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide from seawater and dioxygen in the air and its direct use in one‐compartment hydrogen peroxide fuel cells to obtain electric power.

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“…They constitute the majority of work on the setup merging constructed wetlands and MFC; and 3) for waterlogged soil test [147]. In pilot tests the voltage stabilises after more time, about some tens of days: 35 days for a wetland pilot [174], a floating garden planted with Oryza sativa [169] and waste-contaminated river sediment pilot [104]; 40 days in wetland pilot planted with Typha latifolia [145]. In field experiments the voltage stabilization time is supposed longer.…”

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Bioremediation in Water Environment: Controlled Electro-Stimulation of Organic Matter Self-Purification in Aquatic Environments

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2017

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This review describes a new means of control and stimulation of microorganisms involved in the bioremediation of sediments and waterlogged soils. This emerging technology is derived from sedimentary microbial fuel cells, and consists in ensuring aerobic respiration of aerobic microbial populations in anaerobic conditions by means of a fixed potential anode in order to evacuate the electrons coming from the microbial respiratory chains. This review describes the conceptual basis of the electro-bioremediation, the material devices used (electrode set-ups and spacing), and finally studies the various devices published since the bench tests until the scarce in-field implementations.

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Floating microbial fuel cells as energy harvesters for signal transmission from natural water bodies

Cited by 84 publications

References 29 publications

Novel Applications of Microbial Fuel Cells in Sensors and Biosensors

Novel Applications of Microbial Fuel Cells in Sensors and Biosensors

Fuel Production from Seawater and Fuel Cells Using Seawater

Bioremediation in Water Environment: Controlled Electro-Stimulation of Organic Matter Self-Purification in Aquatic Environments

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