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Hotspots evolution, current challenges and future directions of microbial fuel cell: By bibliometric analysis and network meta-analysis

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) is a bioelectrochemical technology that has received a lot of attention for its ability to simultaneously enable wastewater treatment and energy generation . For the first time, bibliometrics and network meta-analysis (NMA) have been combined to demonstrate key research topics, hotspots evolution, current challenges, and future directions of MFC. This study is based on the Web of Science core collection database, which collected 9870 papers from 1962 to 2023. The results showed that the hotspots evolution of MFC is mainly concentrated in four directions, including energy production, wastewater treatment , design optimization, and derivative technologies. The research hotspots of MFC in the last decade were systematically described, including diversified energy production, removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes , MFC-based biosensors, anode design , cathode catalyst design, photosynthetic microbial fuel cell, and constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell. Finally, challenges and future directions conducive to the further development of MFC were presented, providing practical insights for researchers aiming to develop and optimize MFC.

Source: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.02.166

Authors: Zi-Jie Wang, Xiao-Li Yang, Han Xu, Hai-Liang Song

Institutions: Southeast University, Nanjing Normal University

Language: English

Topic: Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,730