Overview
- Introduces the fundamentals of Microbial Fuel Cells
- Describes how Microbial Fuel Cells can suffice global energy needs by producing bioelectricity
- Discusses state-of-the-art microbial fuel cell technologies as well as case studies of its real-world commercial developments and applications
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Dr. Venkataraman Sivasankar received his doctorate in Chemistry in 2009 from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Presently, he is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry in Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, India since 2014. His research areas include materials synthesis and wastewater treatment. He received the prestigious JSPS fellowship in 2016. To his credit, he has more than 50 research articles in Peer – Reviewed journals and five book chapters in volumes with of renowned publishers. He edited a book on Surface Modified Carbons as Scavengers of Fluoride from Water in 2016 with Springer. He collaborates and performs research with professors in universities and research laboratories in Algeria, France, Japan, Iran and South Africa.
Dr. M. Prabhakaran is an Assistant Professor of Botany in Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his doctorate in 2012 at the University of Madras, Chennai, India. His research focus is on algal bio-technology which includes algal MFCs. He was awarded the DST – SERB Young Scientist Award in 2013. He has been accredited with a major project (DST) and a minor project from UGC. He is credited with 15 original research papers in national and international peer–reviewed journals, one authored book and five book chapters.
Dr. Kiyoshi Omine is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. His research areas of interest include soil microbial fuel cells for composting and power regeneration, geo-technical utilization of waste materials and geo-environmental improvement techniques. He is a member of several technical societies of Japan. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 research papers in national and international peer–reviewed journals. He is credited with mentoring three JSPS fellows in Kyushu and Nagasaki Universities.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbial Fuel Cell Technology for Bioelectricity
Editors: Venkataraman Sivasankar, Prabhakaran Mylsamy, Kiyoshi Omine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92904-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92903-3Published: 15 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06542-3Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92904-0Published: 02 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 311
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomaterials, Energy Harvesting, Renewable and Green Energy, Renewable and Green Energy