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An Overview of the Functional Ceramic and Composite Materials for Microbiological Fuel Cells

A.S. Galushko, A.G. Ivanova, M.S. Masalovich, O.A. Zagrebelnyy, G.G. Panova, I.Yu. Kruchinina, I.Yu. Kruchinina, O.A. Shilova, O.A. Shilova

Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (2018), pp. 433-454

DOI: 10.4416/JCST2017-00041

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Abstract

This review covers the contemporary state of a problem concerning the selection and usage of ceramic materials for fabricating the basic functional components (anode, cathode and membrane-separator) of microbiological fuel cells (MFCs). Electrogenesis on the surface of electrodes prepared from ceramic materials is analysed. The electrochemical and catalytic processes taking place on the surface of ceramic and composite electrode materials, functions and peculiarities of the membrane-separator structure and conductivity are evaluated in detail for the first time. The advantages and drawbacks of using ceramic materials for the fabrication of functional components of MFCs and the methods of their synthesis are analysed.

Keywords

Microbiological fuel cells, bioelectrogenesis, ceramic and composite anode materials, ceramic and composite cathode materials, ceramic and composite separating membrane

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