Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems. Micro and Nano Technologies

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to themicrobial electrochemical system 2. Electricity generation with the use of microbial electrochemical systems 3. Overview of wastewater treatment approaches related to the microbial electrochemical system 4. Synthesis and application of nanocompositematerial formicrobial fuel cells 5. Classification of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for anode material 6. Properties of nanomaterials for microbial fuel cell application 7. Advanced nanocompositematerial for wastewater treatment in microbial fuel cells 8. Nanostructured electrode materials in bioelectrocommunication systems 9. Nanomaterials supporting biotic processes in bioelectrochemical systems 10. Nanomaterials supporting direct electron transport 11. Nanomaterials supporting oxygen reduction in bio-electrochemical systems 12. Nanomaterials for ion-exchange membranes 13. Nanomaterials supporting indirect electron transport 14. Techno-economic analysis ofmicrobial fuel cells using different nanomaterials 15. Synthesis and application of carbon-based nanomaterials for bioelectrochemical systems 16. Synthesis and application of graphene-based nanomaterials for microbial fuel cells 17. Future development, prospects, and challenges in application of nanomaterials and nanocomposites

Authors

Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. Dr Mubarak Mujawar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Curtin University, Sarawak Campus, Malaysia. His main research areas are carbon nanotube/nanofiber synthesis using microwave heating, synthesis of magnetic biochar and activated carbon using microwave technology, synthesis of biofuel using microwave heating, advanced materials syntheses such as hydro char, and graphene using microwave technology, functionalization of carbon nanotube for sensor application, application of CNTs and CNFs for removal liquids and gases pollutant, protein purification using carbon nanomaterials, immobilization of enzyme on carbon nanotubes and advanced material and reaction engineering etc. Abdul Sattar Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Dawood University, Karachi, Pakistan. Abdul Sattar is Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Dawood University, Karachi, Pakistan. His area of research is coal cleaning and their uses for energy production, fermentation technologies, modeling and simulation, microbial fuel cells, and immobilization technology. Shaukat Ali Mazari Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. Shaukat Ali Mazari is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University, Karachi, Pakistan. His research interests are purification and separation processes, the evaluation of amines stability for CO2 capture, biofuels from biomass, electrochemical CO2 reduction and preparation and characterization of electrodes, etc. Sabzoi Nizamuddin Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Sabzoi Nizamuddin is currently working as a Research Fellow in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University (Australia). He received his PhD in 2019 from RMIT University. He was awarded the Research Excellence Award from RMIT University's School of Engineering, based on the high quality and quantity of papers he published during his PhD. To date, he has been the author of more than 75 articles in peer-reviewed Scopus/SCI/ESCI-indexed journals, 5 book chapters for Elsevier and Springer, and has presented his findings at domestic and international conferences. Currently, he is a co-editor for 'Frontiers in Energy Research' and the 'International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health'.