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dc.contributor.author | VAN LIMBERGEN, Thessa | - |
dc.contributor.author | BONNE, Robin | - |
dc.contributor.author | HUSTINGS, Jeroen | - |
dc.contributor.author | VALCKE, Roland | - |
dc.contributor.author | THIJS, Sofie | - |
dc.contributor.author | VANGRONSVELD, Jaco | - |
dc.contributor.author | MANCA, Jean | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-13T08:44:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-13T08:44:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2022-10-03T07:46:23Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 169 (Art N° 112953) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1364-0321 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/38720 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The plant microbial fuel cell is a fascinating technology that combines plants and bacteria to produce electricity. As sunlight is converted into electric power, plant microbial fuel cells can be compared to photovoltaics on various levels. To investigate to what extent this comparison goes up, a rough upper limit for the energy conversion efficiency of plant microbial fuel cells was calculated and compared to various photovoltaic classes. By examining each step in the process, with the accompanying losses, the maximum power conversion efficiency of a plant microbial fuel cell was estimated to be around 0.92%. Although this efficiency is relatively low, the plant microbial fuel cell does have attractive features making them more interesting than photovoltaics, such as price, simplicity, self-sustainability, working during the night, etc. Moreover, a unique feature is that plant microbial fuel cells can be used as low-power environmental sensors and for environmental remediation. These multidisciplinary features account for the unique place the plant microbial fuel cell currently has in the world of environmental, renewable-and particularly solar-energy research. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) (G089918 N), the Special Research Fund of UHasselt (BOF) (BOF18DOC33), and the VLIR-UOS SI-Joint project (MA2020SIN289A104) in collaboration with MAScIR (Morocco) We would like to thank Jo ̈el Neelen for creating the artwork used in Fig. 1 and for granting us permission to use it in this publication. Also, the MAScIR institute in Morocco, for their help and expertise in the conceptualization. Lastly, the Flemish research foundation and the Special Research Fund of UHasselt for the funding of this project | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | - |
dc.rights | 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved | - |
dc.subject.other | Plant microbial fuel cell | - |
dc.subject.other | Photovoltaics | - |
dc.subject.other | Bioelectrochemistry | - |
dc.subject.other | Green electricity | - |
dc.subject.other | Renewable energy | - |
dc.subject.other | Microbial fuel cell | - |
dc.subject.other | Solar power | - |
dc.title | Plant microbial fuel cells from the perspective of photovoltaics: Efficiency, power, and applications | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 169 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
local.publisher.place | THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 112953 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112953 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | 000868403500003 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-0690 | - |
local.provider.type | CrossRef | - |
local.uhasselt.international | yes | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.accessRights | Embargoed Access | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2023 | - |
item.contributor | VAN LIMBERGEN, Thessa | - |
item.contributor | BONNE, Robin | - |
item.contributor | HUSTINGS, Jeroen | - |
item.contributor | VALCKE, Roland | - |
item.contributor | THIJS, Sofie | - |
item.contributor | VANGRONSVELD, Jaco | - |
item.contributor | MANCA, Jean | - |
item.fullcitation | VAN LIMBERGEN, Thessa; BONNE, Robin; HUSTINGS, Jeroen; VALCKE, Roland; THIJS, Sofie; VANGRONSVELD, Jaco & MANCA, Jean (2022) Plant microbial fuel cells from the perspective of photovoltaics: Efficiency, power, and applications. In: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 169 (Art N° 112953). | - |
item.embargoEndDate | 2024-09-30 | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 1364-0321 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 1879-0690 | - |
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