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Table 1
(continued)
Sr.
no.
MFC design
Electrode material
Modified
electrode
Nanomaterial used
Synthesis process
Power enhanced
References
14
Dual-chamber
MFC
Carbon cloth
Anode
Palladium nanoparticles
(PdNPs)
S. oneidensis
MR-1
was used as the
bacteria to form
PdNPs
The Pd1-MFC
(1 mg Pd cm −2
anode) and
Pd1-MFC (2 mg
Pd cm −2
anode)
generated a
maximum power
density of 499
±
11 mWm −2
and
447
± 15 mWm −2
,
respectively
Quan et al.
(2018)
15
Dual-chamber
MFC
Carbon paper
Anode
Magnetic nanoparticle
(MNP)
Chemically
synthesized
Maximum power
density of modified
anode 4.9
± 0.5
Wm −3
Sarma et al.
(2018)
16
H-shaped MFC
Stainless steel (SS)
wire disk
Both anode
and cathode
Carbon nanoparticles
(CNPs) derived from
candle soot
Simple deposition in
laboratory
Maximum power
density of modified
anode 1650
±
50 mW/m 2
Singh et al.
(2018)
17
Dual-chamber
MFC
Carbon cloth
Anode
Biogenic gold
nanoparticles (BioAu)
and nanohybrids of
multi-walled carbon
nanotubes blended with
BioAu
(BioAu/MWCNT)
S. oneidensis
MR-1
was used as the
bacteria to form
Biogenic gold
nanoparticles (BioAu)
Maximum power
density of
BioAu/MWCNT
178.34
± 4.79
mW/m 2
Wu et al.
(2018)
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