Microalgae-microbial fuel cell: A mini review

Duu-Jong Lee; Jo-Shu Chang; Juin-Yih Lai

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.061

Microalgae-microbial fuel cell: A mini review

Bioresour Technol. 2015 Dec:198:891-5. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.061. Epub 2015 Sep 25.

Authors

Duu-Jong Lee¹, Jo-Shu Chang², Juin-Yih Lai³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan. Electronic address: djlee@ntu.edu.tw.
² Research Center for Energy Technology and Strategy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan.
³ R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chungli, Taiwan.

PMID: 26431899
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.061

Abstract

Microalgae-microbial fuel cells (mMFCs) are a device that can convert solar energy to electrical energy via biological pathways. This mini-review lists new research and development works on microalgae processes, microbial fuel cell (MFC) processes, and their combined version, mMFC. The substantial improvement and technological advancement are highlighted, with a discussion on the challenges and prospects for possible commercialization of mMFC technologies.

Keywords: CO(2) sequestration; Commercialization; Microalgae; Microbial fuel cell; Technical obstacles.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Bioelectric Energy Sources*
Electricity
Microalgae*
Solar Energy