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Microbial catalyzed electrochemical systems: a bio-factory with multi-facet applications.
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This review addresses the contemporary progress and advances made in MCES, focusing on its application towards value addition and waste remediation.About:
This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2014-08-01. It has received 176 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microbial electrolysis cell & Energy source.read more
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Waste biorefinery models towards sustainable circular bioeconomy: Critical review and future perspectives
S. Venkata Mohan,G.N. Nikhil,P. Chiranjeevi,C. Nagendranatha Reddy,M.V. Rohit,A. Naresh Kumar,Omprakash Sarkar +6 more
TL;DR: This review illustrates different bioprocess based technological models that will pave sustainable avenues for the development of biobased society through closed loop approach wherein waste is valorised through a cascade of various biotechnological processes addressing circular economy.
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Food waste biorefinery: Sustainable strategy for circular bioeconomy.
Shikha Dahiya,A. Naresh Kumar,J. Shanthi Sravan,Sulogna Chatterjee,Omprakash Sarkar,S. Venkata Mohan +5 more
TL;DR: The present review highlights the various enabling bioprocesses that can be employed for the generation of energy and various commodity chemicals in an integrated approach addressing sustainability.
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Opportunities and challenges for combining chemo- and biocatalysis
Florian Rudroff,Marko D. Mihovilovic,Harald Gröger,Radka Snajdrova,Hans Iding,Uwe T. Bornscheuer +5 more
TL;DR: This Review focuses on efforts to combine chemo- and biocatalysts, outlining the opportunities achievable by this approach and also efforts to overcome any incompatibilities between these different systems.
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Microbial fuel cell: Critical factors regulating bio-catalyzed electrochemical process and recent advancements
TL;DR: In this paper, an overview on the fundamental operational mechanism of MFC encompassing electromotive force, electron delivery, electron transfer, losses encountered during operation, and specific function of physical, biological and operational factors on the bioelectrogenic activity is elaborated.
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Metals removal and recovery in bioelectrochemical systems: A review.
TL;DR: This article reviews the state of art research of bioelectrochemical systems for removal and recovery of metal(loid) ions and pertaining removal mechanisms.
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Extracellular electron transfer via microbial nanowires.
Gemma Reguera,Kevin D. McCarthy,Teena Mehta,Julie S. Nicoll,Mark T. Tuominen,Derek R. Lovley +5 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that the pili of G. sulfurreducens might serve as biological nanowires, transferring electrons from the cell surface to the surface of Fe(iii) oxides, indicating possibilities for other unique cell-surface and cell–cell interactions, and for bioengineering of novel conductive materials.
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Microbial electrosynthesis — revisiting the electrical route for microbial production
Korneel Rabaey,René A. Rozendal +1 more
TL;DR: This Review addresses the principles, challenges and opportunities of microbial electrosynthesis, an exciting new discipline at the nexus of microbiology and electrochemistry.
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Scaling up microbial fuel cells and other bioelectrochemical systems
TL;DR: Recent advances in new types of electrodes, a better understanding of the impact of membranes and separators on performance of these systems, and results from several new pilot-scale tests are all good indicators that commercialization of the technology could be possible within a few years.
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Biological denitrification in microbial fuel cells.
Peter Clauwaert,Korneel Rabaey,P. Aelterman,Liesje De Schamphelaire,Pascal Boeckx,Nico Boon,Willy Verstraete +6 more
TL;DR: This is, to the authors' knowledge, the first study in which a MFC has both a biological anode and cathode performing simultaneous removal of an organic substrate, power production, and complete denitrification without relying on H2-formation or external added power.
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A comprehensive review of microbial electrochemical systems as a platform technology.
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TL;DR: This article provides a comprehensive and quantitative review of all the different functions or system constructions with different acronyms developed so far from the MES platform and summarizes nearly 50 corresponding systems to date.
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