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Table 1
(continued)
Sr.
no.
MFC design
Electrode material
Modified
electrode
Nanomaterial used
Synthesis process
Power enhanced
References
8
Single
air-cathode
MFC
Carbon cloth (CC),
Carbon paper (CP)
Graphite (G) and
Activated carbon
(AC)
Anode
Nanoflakes of cobalt
sheathed with cobalt
oxide
Electrodeposition
technique
Power generation
significantly
increased from
56.3, 78.4, 173.3,
and 337 mWm −2
to 133.4,159.2,
473.1 and
576.3 mWm −2
by
103, 137, 173 and
71% for the CC,
CP, G and AC
electrodes,
respectively
Mohamed
et al. (2017)
9
Single chamber
membrane less
air-cathode
MFC (SCMFC)
The graphite felt
(GF)
Anode
Modified with
0.008 g/cc polypyrrole
nanoparticles
(Ppy-NPs) and
0.024 g/cc
poly-thiophene
nanoparticles
(PTh-NPs)
Conventional dip-dry
method
A maximum power
density
(1.22 W/m 2
) was
obtained for
Ppy-NP modified
GF than PTh-NP
modified GF
(0.8 W/m 2
)
Sumisha and
Haribabu
(2018)
10
Single
chambered
MFC
Cell-aginate-graphite
(CAG)
Anode
Cell suspension mixed
with graphite powder
and sodium alginate
Immobilization
technique
Immobilization
was achieved
Wahab et al.
(2018)
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