Living organisms’energy conversion is considered as an essential and sustainable green energy source and future bio-hybrid technologies.Recently,plants were used after harvesting as biomass in bio-fermentation as an ...Living organisms’energy conversion is considered as an essential and sustainable green energy source and future bio-hybrid technologies.Recently,plants were used after harvesting as biomass in bio-fermentation as an energy source.In bio-electrochemical systems,microorganisms work with plants to generate electricity,hydrogen,or methane.This work discusses the simultaneous pollutant removal and electricity generation in plant-based bio-electrochemical systems(P-BES).Factors affecting the P-BES performance and the removal efficiencies of the different organic and inorganic pollutants were illustrated.Furthermore,the plant-based bioelectrochemical systems’role in achieving the sustainable development goals(SDGs)was discussed.The SDGs contribution of plant-based bioelectrochemical systems were presented and discussed to evaluate such systems’ability to achieve the three pillars of sustainable development,i.e.,economic,environmental,and social.展开更多
文摘Living organisms’energy conversion is considered as an essential and sustainable green energy source and future bio-hybrid technologies.Recently,plants were used after harvesting as biomass in bio-fermentation as an energy source.In bio-electrochemical systems,microorganisms work with plants to generate electricity,hydrogen,or methane.This work discusses the simultaneous pollutant removal and electricity generation in plant-based bio-electrochemical systems(P-BES).Factors affecting the P-BES performance and the removal efficiencies of the different organic and inorganic pollutants were illustrated.Furthermore,the plant-based bioelectrochemical systems’role in achieving the sustainable development goals(SDGs)was discussed.The SDGs contribution of plant-based bioelectrochemical systems were presented and discussed to evaluate such systems’ability to achieve the three pillars of sustainable development,i.e.,economic,environmental,and social.