Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

AN OUTLOOK OF MICROBIAL FUEL CELL RECOGINSED ASRENEWEABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SOURCE

M.P. Joshi and A.K. Dwivedi

Abstract

With the increasing time, energy is becoming most prominent parameter as air, water and shelter. Nonrenewablesources of energy are foremost polluting agent of environment. Like R’s principle, now there isneed of E’s principle for Energy security, Energy growth, Environmental protection and opt forenvironmentally friendly source of energy. The residual of coal, coal tars, oil shales and methane hydratesgreatly affect climatic condition and thus accelerate global warming. Most recent approach of such type ofenergy is Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) which involves treatment of waste water to harvest energy from italong with serving the purpose of purification of wastewater. This review paper discusses the componentof MFC, working principle of MFC, describes about the materials used as anode, cathode, Proton ExchangeMembrane (PEM) with its properties. It emphasis on the different proton exchange membranes.