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Microbial fuel cell. In Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_fuel_cell
1914 – E. Ardern & W. T. Lockett discovered the activated sludge process
Jenkins D. 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
Liu H, Grot S, Logan BE. Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate. Environ Sci Technol 2005 Apr; 39(11): 4317-4320
Reguera G, McCarthy K, Mehta T, Nicoll JS, Tuominen MT, Lovley DR. Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires. Nature 2005 June; 435: 1098–1101
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
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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