Table 9.2
Effect of various types of anodes on MFCs’ efficiency
Substrate
Anode
Bacteria
System
configuration
Maximum power
density (mW/m
2
)
Reference
Glucose
Carbon paper
Geobacter
spp. (Firmicutes)
DC-MFC
40.3
Æ 3.9
Bettin (2006) and Jung and
Regan (2007)
Glucose
Graphite
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DC-MFC
16
Rahimnejad et al. (2009)
Acetate
Carbon paper
G. sulfurreducens
DC-MFC
48.4
Æ 0.4
Bettin (2006) and Jung and
Regan (2007)
Lactate
Carbon paper
Geobacter
spp.
DC-MFC
52
Æ 4.7
Bettin (2006) and Jung and
Regan (2007)
Ethanol
–
Betaproteobacterium
DC-MFC
40
Æ 2
Kim et al. (2007a, b, c) and
Watanabe (2008)
Cysteine
Carbon paper
Gammaproteobacteria
and
Shewanella affinis
(KMM3586)
DC-MFC
36
Logan et al. (2005) and Zhou
et al. (2012)
Marine sediment
reached in acetate
Graphite
Deltaproteobacterium
DC-MFC
14
Rahimnejad et al. (2015) and
Bond et al. (2002)
Marine sediment
Noncorroding
graphite
Desulfuromonas
spp. and others
DC-MFC
25.4
Gil et al. (2003) and
Tenderet al. (2002)
Sewage sludge
Graphite with Mn
4
+
Escherichia coli
SC-MFC
91
Nevin et al. (2008) and Park
and Zeikus (2003)
Sewage sludge
Graphite with neutral red (NR)
Escherichia coli
SC-MFC
152
Nevin et al. (2008) and Park
and Zeikus (2003)
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