TY - JOUR
T1 - Bioelectrochemical systems using microalgae – A concise research update
AU - Saratale, Rijuta Ganesh
AU - Kuppam, Chandrasekar
AU - Mudhoo, Ackmez
AU - Saratale, Ganesh Dattatraya
AU - Periyasamy, Sivagurunathan
AU - Zhen, Guangyin
AU - Koók, László
AU - Bakonyi, Péter
AU - Nemestóthy, Nándor
AU - Kumar, Gopalakrishnan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Excess consumption of energy by humans is compounded by environmental pollution, the greenhouse effect and climate change impacts. Current developments in the use of algae for bioenergy production offer several advantages. Algal biomass is hence considered a new bio-material which holds the promise to fulfil the rising demand for energy. Microalgae are used in effluents treatment, bioenergy production, high value added products synthesis and CO2 capture. This review summarizes the potential applications of algae in bioelectrochemically mediated oxidation reactions in fully biotic microbial fuel cells for power generation and removal of unwanted nutrients. In addition, this review highlights the recent developments directed towards developing different types of microalgae MFCs. The different process factors affecting the performance of microalgae MFC system and some technological bottlenecks are also addressed.
AB - Excess consumption of energy by humans is compounded by environmental pollution, the greenhouse effect and climate change impacts. Current developments in the use of algae for bioenergy production offer several advantages. Algal biomass is hence considered a new bio-material which holds the promise to fulfil the rising demand for energy. Microalgae are used in effluents treatment, bioenergy production, high value added products synthesis and CO2 capture. This review summarizes the potential applications of algae in bioelectrochemically mediated oxidation reactions in fully biotic microbial fuel cells for power generation and removal of unwanted nutrients. In addition, this review highlights the recent developments directed towards developing different types of microalgae MFCs. The different process factors affecting the performance of microalgae MFC system and some technological bottlenecks are also addressed.
KW - Bioelectricity
KW - Contents
KW - Double chamber algae MFCs
KW - Integrated photo-bioelectrochemical system
KW - Microalgae and cyanobacteria
KW - Microbial fuel cell
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.132
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.132
M3 - Article
C2 - 28284115
AN - SCOPUS:85014624081
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 177
SP - 35
EP - 43
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
ER -
