Journal
BIOSENSORS-BASEL
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 450-470Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/bios5030450
Keywords
microbial fuel cell; microbial sensors; toxicant; BOD
Funding
- EPSRC (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- Doctoral Training Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [1421350] Funding Source: researchfish
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The provision of safe water and adequate sanitation in developing countries is a must. A range of chemical and biological methods are currently used to ensure the safety of water for consumption. These methods however suffer from high costs, complexity of use and inability to function onsite and in real time. The microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has great potential for the rapid and simple testing of the quality of water sources. MFCs have the advantages of high simplicity and possibility for onsite and real time monitoring. Depending on the choice of manufacturing materials, this technology can also be highly cost effective. This review covers the state-of-the-art research on MFC sensors for water quality monitoring, and explores enabling factors for their use in developing countries.
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