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The History of the Traditional Activated Sludge Process: Over a Century of Wastewater Treatment

Jenkins D, Wanner J. Activated Sludge - 100 Years and Counting. IWA Publishing 2014 Apr; Volume (13) ISBN 9781780404943 

1911-1931

Potter MC. Electrical effects accompanying the decomposition of organic compounds. Proc R Soc Lond B 1911 Sep; 84 (571): 260–276 YouTube

Ardern E, Lockett WT. Experiments on the oxidation of Sewage without the Aid of Filters. J Soc Chem Ind 1914 May; 33 (10): 523-539 

Ardern E, Lockett WT. The oxidation of sewage without the aid of filters. Part II. J Soc Chem Ind 1914 Dec; 33 (23): 1122-1124

Cohen B. The Bacterial Culture as an Electrical Half-Cell. Journal of Bacteriology 1931 Dec; 21 (1): 18–19  YouTube

1960s

Davis JB, Yarbrough HF. Preliminary Experiments on a Microbial Fuel Cell. Science 1962 Aug; 137 (3530): 615-616 YouTube

Ellis GE. Biochemical energy conversion employing human waste as a fuel. NASA-UCLA Symposium and Workshop 1964 June; 49-56

Del Duca MG, Fuscoe JM. Thermodynamics and applications of bioelectrochemical energy conversion systems. NASA Technical Memorandum 1964 Jan; Document ID 19650025641

1980s

Wingard LB, Shaw CH, Castner JF. Bioelectrochemical fuel cells. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 1982 May; 4 (3): 137-142 YouTube

Bennetto HP, Stirling JL, Tanaka K, Vega CA. Anodic reactions in microbial fuel cells.  Biotechnol Bioeng 1983 Feb; 25 (2): 559-568

Roller SD, Bennetto HP, Delaney GM, Mason JR, Stirling JL, Thurston CF. Electron-transfer coupling in microbial fuel cells: 1. comparison of redox-mediator reduction rates and respiratory rates of bacteria. J Chem Tech Biotechnol 1984 Mar; 34 (1): 3-12 YouTube

Delaney GM, Bennetto HP, Mason JR, Roller SD, Stirling JL, Thurston CF. Electron-transfer coupling in microbial fuel cells: 2. performance of fuel cells containing selected microorganism-mediator-substrate combinations. J Chem Tech Biotechnol 1984 Mar; 34 (1): 13-27

Akiba T, Bennetto HP, Stirling JL, Tanaka K. Electricity generation from alkalophilic organisms. Biotechnol Lett, 1987 Jul; 9: 611–616

1990s

Bennetto HP. Electricity generation by microorganisms. Biotechnology education 1990; 1 (4): 163-168 YouTube

Allen RM, Bennetto HP. Microbial fuel-cells. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1993 Sep; 39: 27–40 YouTube

Kim BH, Kim H, Hyun MS, Park DH. Direct electrode reaction of Fe(III)-reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 1999 Apr; 9 (2): 127-131 [Semantic]

2000s

Bond DR, Holmes DE, Tender LM, Lovley DR. Electrode-reducing microorganisms that harvest energy from marine sediments. Science 2002 Jan; 295 (5554): 483 - 485 YouTube

Kim H, Park HS, Hyun MS, Chang IS, Kim M, Kim BH. A mediator-less microbial fuel cell using a metal reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 2002 Feb; 30 (2): 145-152 YouTube

Bond DR, Lovley DR. Electricity production by Geobacter sulfurreducens attached to electrodes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2003 Mar; 69 (3): 1548 - 1555 YouTube

Shukla AK, Suresh P, Berchmans S, Rajendran A. Biological Fuel Cells and Their Applications. Current Science 2004 Aug; 87 (4): 455-468  [RG]

Liu H, Logan BE. Electricity Generation Using an Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell in the Presence and Absence of a Proton Exchange Membrane. Environ Sci Technol 2004 Jun; 38 (14): 4040-4046  YouTube

Liu H, Grot S, Logan BE. Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate. Environ Sci Technol 2005 Apr; 39 (11): 4317-4320  YouTube

Reguera G, McCarthy K, Mehta T, Nicoll JS, Tuominen MT, Lovley DR. Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires. Nature 2005 June; 435: 1098–1101  YouTube 

Cheng S, Liu H, Logan BE. Increased Power Generation in a Continuous Flow MFC with Advective Flow through the Porous Anode and Reduced Electrode Spacing. Environ Sci Technol 2006 Feb; 40 (7): 2426-2432 [supplement]  YouTube

Rozendal RA, Hamelers HVM, Euverink GJW, Metz SJ, Buisman CJN. Principle and perspectives of hydrogen production through biocatalyzed electrolysis. Int J Hydrog Energy 2006 Dec; 31 (12): 1632-1640  YouTube

Lovley D. Bug juice: harvesting electricity with microorganisms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006 Jul; 4: 497–508  YouTube

Logan BE, Hamelers B, Rozendal R, Schröder U, Keller J, Freguia S, Aelterman P, Verstraete W, Rabaey K. Microbial Fuel Cells:  Methodology and Technology. Environ Sci Technol 2006 Jul; 40 (17): 5181-5192  YouTube

Kato Marcus, A., Torres, C.I. and Rittmann, B.E. Conduction-based modeling of the biofilm anode of a microbial fuel cell. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007 Jun; 98 (6): 1171-1182 

Fan Y, Hu H, Liu H. Enhanced Coulombic efficiency and power density of air-cathode microbial fuel cells with an improved cell configuration. J Power Sources 2007 Sept; 171 (2): 348-354  YouTube 

Jung S, Regan JM. Comparison of Anode Bacterial Communities and Performance in Microbial Fuel Cells with Different Electron Donors. Appl Microbiol Biot 2007 Nov; 77 (2): 393-402  YouTube   

Rozendal RA, Jeremiasse AW, Hamelers HVM, Buisman CJN. Hydrogen Production with a Microbial Biocathode. Environ Sc Technol 2008 Jan; 42 (2): 629-634 [supplement] YouTube 

Marsili E, Baron DB, Shikhare ID, Coursolle D, Gralnick JA, Bond DR. Shewanella secretes flavins that mediate extracellular electron transfer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Mar; 105 (10): 3968-73 YouTube

Call D, Logan BE. Hydrogen Production in a Single Chamber Microbial Electrolysis Cell Lacking a Membrane. Environ Sci Technol 2008 Mar; 42 (9): 3401-3406   YouTube

Fan Y, Sharbrough E, Liu H. Quantification of the Internal Resistance Distribution of Microbial Fuel Cells. Environ Sci Technol 2008 Sept; 42 (21):7101-8107 [supplement]  YouTube

Logan BE, Call D, Cheng S, Hamelers HVM, Sleutels THJA, Jeremiasse AW, Rozendal RA. Microbial Electrolysis Cells for High Yield Hydrogen Gas Production from Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology 2008 Oct; 42 (23): 8630-8640 

Marsili E, Rollefson JB, Baron DB, Hozalski RM, Bond DR. Microbial Biofilm Voltammetry: Direct Electrochemical Characterization of Catalytic Electrode-Attached Biofilms. App Environ Microb 2008 Dec; 74 (23):  7239-7337  YouTube

Logan BE. Exoelectrogenic bacteria that power microbial fuel cells. Nat Rev Microbiol 2009 May; 7: 375–381  YouTube 

Rozendal RA, Leone E, Keller J, Rabaey K. Efficient hydrogen peroxide generation from organic matter in a bioelectrochemical system. Electrochem Commun 2009 Sep; 11 (9): 1752-1755  YouTube

2010s

Torres CI, Marcus AK, Lee HS, Parameswaran P, Krajmalnik-Brown R, Rittmann BE. A kinetic perspective on extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010 Jan; 34 (1): 3–17  YouTube 

Fornero JJ, Rosenbaum M, Cotta MA, Angenent LT. Carbon Dioxide Addition to Microbial Fuel Cell Cathodes Maintains Sustainable Catholyte pH and Improves Anolyte pH, Alkalinity, and Conductivity. Environ Sci Technol 2010 Feb 24; 44 (7), 2728-2734 [supplement]  YouTube

Feng CH, Li FB, Mai HJ, and Li XZ. Bio-Electro-Fenton Process Driven by Microbial Fuel Cell for Wastewater Treatment. Environ Sci Technol 2010 Mar 3; 44 (5): 1875-1880 [supplement] YouTube

Virdis B, Rabaey K, Rozendal RA, Yuan Z, Keller J. Simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and carbon removal in microbial fuel cells. Water Res 2010 May; 44 (9): 2970-2980  YouTube

Jung S, Mench MM, Regan JM. Impedance Characteristics and Polarization Behavior of a Microbial Fuel Cell in Response to Short-Term Changes in Medium pH. Environ Sci Technol 2011 Oct 15; 45 (20): 9069–9074  YouTube 

Lovley DR. Electromicrobiology. Annu Rev Microbiol 2012 Oct; 66 (1): 391-409

Logan BE. Essential data and techniques for conducting microbial fuel cell and other types of bioelectrochemical system experiments. ChemSusChem. 2012 Jun; 5 (6): 988-94

Fan Y, Han SK, Liu H. Improved performance of CEA microbial fuel cells with increased reactor size. Energy Environ Sci 2012 Jun; 5 (8): 8273-8280 [supplement]  YouTube

Jung S, Ahn Y-H, Oh S-E, Lee J, Cho KT, Kim Y, Kim MW, Shim JM, Kang M. Impedance and Thermodynamic Analysis of Bioanode, Abiotic Anode, and Riboflavin-Amended Anode in Microbial Fuel Cells. B Korean Chem Soc 2012 Oct; 33 (10): 3349-3354  YouTube

Jung S. Impedance Analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, and their Coculture in Bioeletrochemical Systems. Int J Electrochem Sci 2012 Nov; 7 (11): 11091-11100 YouTube 

Pirbadian S, Barchinger SE, Leung KM, Byun HS, Jangir Y, Bouhenni RA, Reed SB, Romine MF, Saffarini DA, Shi L, Gorby YA, Golbeck JH, El-Naggar MY, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 nanowires are outer membrane and periplasmic extensions of the extracellular electron transport components, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 Aug; 111 (35): 12883-12888

Orhon D. Evolution of the activated sludge process: the first 50 years. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 2015 Oct; 90 (4): 608-640 

Logan BE, Wallack MJ, Kim K-Y, He W, Feng Y, Saikaly PE. Assessment of Microbial Fuel Cell Configurations and Power Densities. Environ Sci Technol Lett. 2015 July; 2 (8): 206–214 [supplement] YouTube

Kang H, Jeong J, Gupta PL, Jung SP. Effects of brush-anode configurations on performance and electrochemistry of microbial fuel cells. Int J Hydrogen Energ 2017 Nov; 42 (45): 27693-27700 [Supplement] YouTube

Jung SP, Kim E, Koo B. Effects of wire-type and mesh-type anode current collectors on performance and electrochemistry of microbial fuel cells. Chemosphere 2018 Oct; 209: 542-550 [Supplement] YouTube

Koo B, Lee S-M, Oh S-E, Kim EJ, Hwang Y, Seo D, Kim JY, Kahng YH, Lee YW, Chung S-Y, Kim S-J, Park JH, Jung SP. Addition of reduced graphene oxide to an activated-carbon cathode increases electrical power generation of a microbial fuel cell by enhancing cathodic performance. Electrochim Acta 2019 Feb; 297: 613-622 YouTube

Flimban SGA, Ismail IMI, Kim T, Oh S-E. Overview of Recent Advancements in the Microbial Fuel Cell from Fundamentals to Applications: Design, Major Elements, and Scalability. Energies 2019 Dec; 12 (17): 3390 YouTube

2020s

Nam T, Kang H, Pandit S, Kim S-H, Yoon S, Bae S, Jung SP. Effects of vertical and horizontal configurations of different numbers of brush anodes on performance and electrochemistry of microbial fuel cells. J Clean Prod 2020 Dec; 277: 124125 YouTube

Koo B, Jung SP. Improvement of air cathode performance in microbial fuel cells by using catalysts made by binding metal-organic framework and activated carbon through ultrasonication and solution precipitation. Chem Eng J 2021 Nov; 424: 130388 YouTube

Tran HVH, Kim E, Jung SP. Anode biofilm maturation time, stable cell performance time, and time-course electrochemistry in a single-chamber microbial fuel cell with a brush-anode. J Ind Eng Chem 2022 Feb; 106: 269-278 [Supplement] YouTube

Lovley DR, Holmes DE. Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms. Nat Rev Microbiol 2022 Jan; 20 (1): 5–19  YouTube

Tian L, Yan X, Wang D, Du Q, Wan Y, Zhou L, Li T, Liao C, Li N, Wang X. Two key Geobacter species of wastewater-enriched electroactive biofilm respond differently to electric field. Water Res 2022 Apr; 213 (15): 118185  YouTube

Jung SP, Son S, Koo B. Reproducible polarization test methods and fair evaluation of polarization data by using interconversion factors in a single chamber cubic microbial fuel cell with a brush anode. J Clean Prod 2023 Mar; 390: 136157 [supplement]