And we brought that mud back to the lab and set up a microbial fuel cell with my colleague Professor Keith Scott, who is an expert on microbial fuel cells. And it was kind of interesting.

Significant progress in developing microbial fuel cells has been made by scientists, which rely on bacteria to generate an electrical current, that are cheaper and more efficient.

Microbial fuel cells are a promising new technology for generating electricity, but so far they’re plagued by inefficiency. Now, researchers at UCLA have found a way to wring more energy out of ...

Back in 2005, Bruce Logan and his team of Penn State researchers developed a microbial fuel cell capable of converting poop into power. Now, Logan has refined his system to the point where it can ...

A fascinating oddity in the list of potential alternative power sources is the microbial fuel cell, in which the chemical reactions of micro-organisms digesting their food are harnessed to harvest ...

The microbial fuel cell incorporates exoelectrogenic bacteria that, in the process of oxidizing organic matter, transfer electrons outside their cells to the anode and release protons into the ...

Others have tried to use microbial fuel cells to clean wastewater in the past but haven’t succeeded; Bretschger says that the modular system is part of what makes it work.

UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colleen Josephson published new research on the current state and future potential of microbial fuel cells for powering ...

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A paper recently published in the journal Energies reviewed the use of different organic waste as fuels in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for bioenergy production.

Research Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste Organic waste turns into antioxidant flavonoids for nutrition and medicine Breweries (like the one shown here) are one of ...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offer a sustainable energy solution for rural Africa, though scaling challenges persist.