State of the Art and Environmental Aspects of Plant Microbial Fuel Cells’ Application

Roman Lepikash, Daria Lavrova, Devard Stom, Valery Meshalkin, Olga Ponamoreva and Sergey Alferov ()
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Roman Lepikash: Laboratory of Ecological and Medical Biotechnology, Tula State University, Friedrich Engels Street 157, 300012 Tula, Russia
Daria Lavrova: Laboratory of Ecological and Medical Biotechnology, Tula State University, Friedrich Engels Street 157, 300012 Tula, Russia
Devard Stom: Research Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Karl Marks Street 1, 664003 Irkutsk, Russia
Valery Meshalkin: Department of Logistics and Economic Informatics, International Institute of Resource Saving Logistics and Technological Innovation, Dmitry Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, 125047 Moscow, Russia
Olga Ponamoreva: Biotechnology Department, Tula State University, Pr. Lenina 92, 300012 Tula, Russia
Sergey Alferov: Laboratory of Ecological and Medical Biotechnology, Tula State University, Friedrich Engels Street 157, 300012 Tula, Russia

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: Environmental pollution is becoming ubiquitous; it has a negative impact on ecosystem diversity and worsens the quality of human life. This review discusses the possibility of applying the plant microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) technology for concurrent processes of electricity generation and the purification of water and soil ecosystems from organic pollutants, particularly from synthetic surfactants and heavy metals. The review describes PMFCs’ functioning mechanisms and highlights the issues of PMFCs’ environmental application. Generally, this work summarizes different approaches to PMFC development and to the potential usage of such hybrid bioelectrochemical systems for environmental protection.

Keywords: plant microbial fuel cell; electrogenic microorganisms; biofuel cells; synthetic surfactants; ecosystem cleaning; reduction of greenhouse gases; environmental protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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