Revista de Ecología y Toxicología

Abstracto

A recent advance and perspectives of electrode material in Microbial fuel cells

Asim Ali Yaqoob

In modern era, research on production of energy and
bioremediation of toxic pollutant is a priority. Microbial
fuel cells (MFCs) are friendly effective power vitality
sources which can convert the chemical energy into electricity
form in presence of biocatalyst and simultaneously
remove the toxic pollutant from water resources without
any environmental pollution. Limitations have braked
the progress of MFC, including lower energy production,
pollutant removal efficiency, electrode materials and incapability
to design MFCs for industrialcapacities. However,
introduction of new innovative electrodematerials
has potential to develop the high-performance of MFCs.
In this article, the developments and improvements of
electrode materials to enhance the MFC performances
arebriefly summarized.Different classes of electrode including
bothanode and cathodewith severalmodification
methods are reviewed and discussed.