Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 312, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123587
Keywords
Anode material; Biochar activation; Cathode catalyst; Microbial fuel cell; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane
Funding
- Aditya Choubey Centre for Re-water Research, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India [IIT/SRIC/EF/CRW/2018-19/045]
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Application of microbial fuel cell (MFC) is coming to the forefront as a dual-purpose system for wastewater treatment and energy recovery. Future research should emphasize on developing low-cost field-scale MFCs for removal of organic matter, nutrients, xenobiotic and recalcitrant compounds from wastewaters and powering low energy devices. For achieving this, low-cost electrodes, low-cost yet efficient cathode catalysts and proton exchange membrane (PEM) should be developed from waste-based resources to salvage the waste-derived material as much as possible, thereby reducing the fabrication cost of this device. Biochar is one such low-cost material, which has wide range of applications. This review discusses different applications of biochar in MFC, viz. in the form of standalone electrodes, electrocatalyst and material for PEM in light of different characteristics of biochar. Further emphasis is given on the future direction of research for implementation of biochar-based PEMs and electrodes in field-scale MFCs.
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