Impact of cathode biofouling in microbial fuel cells and mitigation techniques

Oluwafemi Oladipupo Kolajo; Chetan Pandit; Bhim Sen Thapa; Soumya Pandit; Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya; Piyush Kumar Gupta; Dipak A. Jadhav; Dibyajit Lahiri; Moupriya Nag; Vijay Jagdish Upadhye

doi:10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102408

Impact of cathode biofouling in microbial fuel cells and mitigation techniques

Oluwafemi Oladipupo Kolajo, Chetan Pandit, Bhim Sen Thapa, Soumya Pandit, Abhilasha Singh Mathuriya, Piyush Kumar Gupta, Dipak A. Jadhav, Dibyajit Lahiri, Moupriya Nag, Vijay Jagdish Upadhye

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Abstract

The unwanted biofilm development on the surface of the cathode in microbial fuel cell (MFC) may hinder the transfer of protons, thereby limiting the transfer of the protons into the cathodes. Cathode biofouling is one of the major drawback impairing the use of MFC to a larger extent for energy generation. Numerous attempts are been made to overcome this and improve the performance in MFC. Extensive research has been done in recent times to tackle biofouling of cathode and minimize these losses and make this technology practically applicable. This review focuses on the effect of biofouling on the cathode material in MFC. The article deeply provides the basic principles of microbial mediated fouling on cathode and highlights the details of biofouling of cathode in an MFC vis-à-vis research that are been conducted across globe.

Original language	English
Article number	102408
Journal	Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102408
State	Published - 1 Aug 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biofilm
Biofoulant
Biofouling
Cathode
Microbial fuel cells

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Biotechnology
Food Science
Bioengineering
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Agronomy and Crop Science

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