An Outlook of Microbial Fuel Cell Recoginsed as Reneweable and Clean Energy Source

Abstract

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