Local fruit wastes driven benthic microbial fuel cell: a sustainable approach to toxic metal removal and bioelectricity generation
A. A. Yaqoob, C. Guerrero-Barajas, M. Ibrahim, K. Umar +1
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100% confidenceMFC research with education-outreach focus on educational, standard. The present work focused on the utilization of three local wastes, i.e., rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), langsat (Lansiu...
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The present work focused on the utilization of three local wastes, i.e., rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), langsat (Lansium parasiticum), and mango (Mangifera indica) wastes, as organic substrates in a benthic microbial fuel cell (BMFC) to reduce the cadmium and lead concentrations from synthetic water. Out of the three wastes, the mango waste promoted a maximum current density (87.71 mA/m²) along with 78% and 80% removal efficiencies for Cd2+ and Pb2+, respectively. The bacterial identification proved that Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter, and Citrobacter were responsible for metal removal and energy generation. In the present work, the BMFC mechanism, current challenges, and future recommendations are also enclosed.
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- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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- 2022