Abstract The microbial fuel cells (MFC) can directly transform chemical energy in feed substance to electricity by anodic aspiration pathways. This mini review provides an order-of-magnitude argument that MFC has much lower catalyst density at electrode surface and much higher diffusional resistance for substrates than the chemical fuel cell, the former should not be used as an energy generation unit; rather, it should be applied in low power density level applications such as biofilm wastewater treatment. The literature studies using MFC for pollution treatment are discussed.

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微生物燃料电池用于污染治理的可行性

摘要 微生物燃料电池（MFC）可以通过阳极吸入途径将饲料物质中的化学能直接转化为电能。这篇简短的评论提供了一个数量级的论点，即 MFC 在电极表面的催化剂密度要低得多，对底物的扩散阻力要远高于化学燃料电池，前者不应用作能量产生单元；相反，它应该应用于低功率密度水平的应用，例如生物膜废水处理。讨论了使用 MFC 进行污染处理的文献研究。