Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) hold great promise as an alternative for direct biochemical energy extraction from both biomass and wastewater. However, the commercialization and scaling-up of MFCs is not completely feasible, due to the high price of platinum (Pt) as a cathode catalyst. In this...

The urgent need to address the twin problems of the modern world, energy insecurity caused by fossil fuel depletion and climate change caused by global warming from carbon dioxide emission and the greenhouse effect has led to among other things the emergence of fuel cell technology as a green...