Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies

Emerging Trends and Advances in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies: Hypothesis, Design, Operation and Applications provides a lab to field approach involved in the progress of microbial electrochemical technologies. Focusing on recent trends and advances in this rapidly growing field, the book provides comprehensive information on the basics while also explaining new approaches to microbial electrochemical technologies for environmental applications, including wastewater and waste treatment, bioremediation of contaminated sites, resource recovery, usable electricity generation, greenhouse gas emissions reduction and bio-sensing.Explaining current trends and advances in practice, and elaborating on realistic technological areas and commercialization possibilities and large-scale applications, this book provides new insights into the design of microbial electrochemical technologies and future directions.
- Introduces advanced applications, design, processes, and materials in microbial electrochemical technologies- Explores how to translate research into real-world applications- Provides a roadmap for the specific direction of realistic research, including commercialization possibilities

Section 1. Fundamentals and new knowledge in the field of METs1. Micobial Electrochemcial Technology: Historical development, principles and applications, technological readiness level2. Emerging wastewater treatment technologies based on the integration of biological and bioelectrochemical processes3. Bioelectrochemical characterization techniques for enhanced understanding of METs4. Electron Transition and Losses in Bioelectrochemical System Towards CO2 Sequestration5. Life cycle analysis and life cycle cost analysis in METs to the evaluate feasibility of the device to fit into the circular economy conceptSection 2. Current and emerging applications of Microbial Electrochemical Technology (MET)6. Nutrient Recovery in Bioelectrochemical systems7. Bioelectrochemical sensors for detecting recalcitrant and toxic organic pollutants8. Purple bacteria and their possible application in Microbial Electrochemical Technologies for environmental treatment applications and resource recovery9. Robust application of microbial electrochemical technology coupled with constructed wetlandsSection 3. Current and new trends in the electrochemical synthesis using Microbial Electrochemical Technology10. Biogas upgradation using integrated anaerobic digestion and microbial electrochemical technologies11. Gas electro-fermentation in METs.12. Recent Advancements in Photocatalytic Materials for Applications in Photo-Assisted Microbial Electrosynthesis13. Physiochemical and biological techniques in wastewater treatment with an emphasis on algal microbial fuel cellSection 4. Current and emerging new design, materials and operating conditions in Microbial electrochemical Technology14. An overview of current and emerging design of Microbial electrochemical Technology15. Fluidized and fixed granular beds of activated carbon as electrodes in METs16. Nanomaterials to facilitate extracellular electron transfer in microbial electrochemical systems17. An overview of different separators/membranes used in METs18. MOFs and other emergent cathode catalysts in METs19. Functional materials coated gas diffusion electrodes for enhanced value-added product recovery in MECs20. E-Waste-derived materials for resource recovery and wastewater treatment applicationsSection 5. Current and emerging trends in wastewater treatment, bioremediation, biosensing and resource recovery using Microbial Electrochemical Technology21. Osmotic microbial fuel cell (OMFC) as an energy-self-sufficient wastewater treatment22. Algae-powered versatile microbial fuel cells for energy and resource recovery from different waste streams.23. Application of bioelectrochemical coagulation process for leachate treatment24. Electrochemical approaches with novel electrodes to treat emerging contaminants in water and water streamsSection 6. Updates in scale-up of METs and commercialization25. Scale-up challenges in METs for commercial applications26. Real-life Applications of Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell (SMFC) for power generation to operate aquaculture ponds27. Full-scale commercial applications of Plant-MFCs for producing electricity28. Electrobioremediation of contaminated sediments