Table 3 A comparative summary of the anode electrodes in double-chamber microbial fuel cells.

From: Facial synthesis of reduced grapheneoxide/magnetite nanocomposite for energy generation and toxic metal bioremediation via microbial fuel cells

Anode material

Inoculation source

Surface area

Power density

Current density efficiency

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G/PEDOT/ CP

Escherichia coli

22.5 cm2

873 mW/ m2

3.59 mA/m2

82

Fe3O4/AC/SSM

Pre-acclimated Effluent

7 cm2

809 mW/m2

5.51 A/m2

83

GO-PANI

Synthetic waste water

0.0071 m2

1.1 mW/m2

87.71 mA/m2

38

Graphite activated

Mix culture

3.14 m2

0.560mW/m2

250 mA/m2

84

graphite rods

Synthetic water

10 × 2 cm

0.71 mW/ m2

87.71 mA/m2

85

L-GO/ZnO/Gr

Pd (II) ion-supplemented wastewater

76.0 cm2

1.350 mW/m2

142.98 mA/m2

13

E-rGO/Gr

Cr(VI) and Pd (II) ion-supplemented waste water

40.0 cm2

8.75 mW/ m2

609 mA/ m2

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E-rGO/Fe3O4/Gr

Cr(VI) and Pd (II) ion-supplemented waste water

40.0 cm2

39.77 mW/ m2

1171 mA/ m2

This work