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Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems

  • 1st Edition - March 15, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Abdul Sattar, Shaukat Ali Mazari, Sabzoi Nizamuddin
  • Language: English

Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems covers advancements in nanomaterial and nanocomposite applications for microbial fuel cells. One of the ad… Read more

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Description

Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems covers advancements in nanomaterial and nanocomposite applications for microbial fuel cells. One of the advantages of using microbial fuel cells is the simultaneous treatment of wastewater and the generation of electricity from complex organic waste and biomass, which demonstrates that microbial fuel cells are an active area of frontier research. The addition of microorganisms is essential to enhance the reaction kinetics. This type of fuel cell helps to convert complex organic waste into useful energy through the metabolic activity of microorganisms, thereby generating energy.

By incorporating nano-scale fillers into the nanocomposite matrix, the performance of the anode material can be improved. This is an important reference source for materials scientists and engineers who want to learn more about how nanotechnology is being used to create more efficient fuel cells.

Key features

  • Describes the major nanomaterials and nanocomposites used in microbial fuel cells
  • Explains how microbial fuel cells are being used in renewable energy applications
  • Assesses the challenges of manufacturing nanomaterials for microbial fuel cells on an industrial scale

Readership

Materials scientists, engineers

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

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 15, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak

Dr. Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 11432, Saudi Arabia.He is a scientific reviewer for numerous Chemical Engineering andNanotechnology journals. In research, Dr.Mubarak has published over 450 journal papers and 40 conference proceedings, authored 85 book chapters, and has an H-index of 87. His areas of interest include the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, the production of magnetic biochar using microwaves, and wastewater treatment utilizing advanced materials. He received the Curtin Malaysia Most Productive Research Award, the Outstanding Faculty of Chemical Engineering Award, the Best Scientific Research Award in London, and the Exceptional ScientistAward in publication and citation by i-Proclaim, Malaysia. Since 2020, he has also been listed among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists in the fields of chemistry and energy. The List of the Top 2% of Scientists in the World, compiled and published by Stanford University, is based on international scientific publications, the number of scientific citations for research, and participation in the review and editing of scientific research. Dr. Mubarak is a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Chartered Professional Engineer of The Institution of Engineers Australia, and a Chartered Chemical Engineer of the Institute of Chemical Engineering, UK. He has published 11 books and is coeditor for ongoing Elsevier-edited books: 1) Nanomaterials for Carbon Capture and Conversion Technique, 2) Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Bioelectrochemical Systems, 3) Water Treatment Using Engineered Carbon Nanotubes,4) Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sustainable Applications: Case Studies and Applications, 5), Sustainable Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation, 6) Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications,7) Nanotechnology for Electronic Applications, 8) Application of Bio-Additives for the Food Industry, 9) Contemporary Nanomaterials inMaterial Engineering Applications, 10)Fundamentals of Biomaterials: ASupplementary Textbook, 11) EmergingWater Pollutants: Concerns and Remediation Technologies.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Univercity Technology Brunei, Brunei Darussalam

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Abdul Sattar

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Dawood University, Karachi, Pakistan

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Shaukat Ali Mazari

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.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

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Sabzoi Nizamuddin

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'.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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