Daud, Siti Mariam Kim, Byung Hong Ghasemi, Mostafa Daud, Wan Ramli Wan 2024-01-20T05:33:57Z 2024-01-20T05:33:57Z 2022-01-25 2015-11 0960-8524 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/124779 Microbial electrochemical technologies (METs) are emerging green processes producing useful products from renewable sources without causing environmental pollution and treating wastes. The separator, an important part of METs that greatly affects the latter's performance, is commonly made of Nafion proton exchange membrane (PEM). However, many problems have been identified associated with the Nafion PEM such as high cost of membrane, significant oxygen and substrate crossovers, and transport of cations other than protons protons and biofouling. A variety of materials have been offered as alternative separators such as ion-exchange membranes, salt bridges, glass fibers, composite membranes and porous materials. It has been claimed that low cost porous materials perform better than PEM. These include J-cloth, nylon filter, glass fiber mat, non-woven cloth, earthen pot and ceramics that enable non-ion selective charge transfer. This paper provides an up-to-date review on porous separators and plots directions for future studies. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. English ELSEVIER SCI LTD Separators used in microbial electrochemical technologies: Current status and future prospects Article 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.105 1 BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, v.195, pp.170 - 179 BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 195 170 179 N scie scopus 000359444600024 2-s2.0-84939778700 Agricultural Engineering Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology Energy & Fuels Agriculture Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology Energy & Fuels Review PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE WASTE-WATER TREATMENT FUEL-CELL MFC ELECTRICITY-GENERATION NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES INTERNAL RESISTANCE POWER-GENERATION PERFORMANCE CATION ENHANCEMENT Microbial electrochemical technologies Proton exchange membrane Porous separator Earthenware Inorganic separator