Biological Fuel Cells

Mostafa Rahimnejad is a full professor in Biochemical engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (BNUT), Babol, Iran. In addition, he is Head of Renewable Energies and Biofuels Research Centre. He received BS from Tehran University, Tehran, Iran; MS from University of Mazandaran, Iran; and completed a PhD in biotechnology-chemical engineering from University of Mazandaran, Iran. His research subject was “Fabrication and Optimization of Biological Fuel Cell.” He spent his sabbatical leave at Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea. Measurable outcomes of his research are 160 research papers and review articles published in leading peer-reviewed international journals, 7 book chapters contributed to renowned publishers, and 8 filed patents. Dr. Rahimnejad has attended many invited lectures and plenary/keynote presentations at several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, and symposiums. His 12 years of expertise and practical experience cover various fields of environmental biotechnology, biosynthetic technology, and energy biosciences, focusing on biological fuel cell, sensor and biosensor, purification of wastewater, fermentation, bioproducts, etc. His awards and honors include “Young Research Award for BIOVISION,” “Top Elite Researcher,” “Top Professor,” “Top Researcher,” and “Top Scientist in Biotechnology” (Top 2% in the world, 2020).

Part 1: Constituents, structure, materials and measurement with conceptual, practical and economical views
1. Introduction to microbial fuel cell technology
2. Electrochemical and microbiological concepts of MFCs
3. Anode electrodes in MFCs
4. Cathode electrodes in MFCs
5. Energy and power measurement methods in MFCs
6. MFCs designing and performance
7. Separators and membranes
8. Supercapacitors and MFCs
9. MFCs’ challenges and the potential solutions
10. MFCs’ commercialization and economic analysis

Part 2: MFCs’ applications
11. Electricity generation
12. Wastewater treatment
13. Bio-hydrogen generation and MECs
14. CO2 reduction and MES
15. Bioremediation by MFC technology
16. MFC based biosensors
17. Sediment microbial fuel cell
18. Future applications