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Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has received much attention in the last decade as a promising technology to simultaneously generate electricity and decontaminate wastewater. This study aims to quantitatively review the published literature on MFC, published in the period of 1970–2020, based on the Web of...

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Main Authors: Naseer, Muhammad Nihal, Zaidi, Asad A., Khan, Hamdullah, Kumar, Sagar, Owais, Muhammad Taha, Jaafar, Juhana, Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan, Abdul Wahab, Yasmin, Dutta, Kingshuk, Asif, Muhammad, Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F., Uzair, Muhammad
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94085/1/JuhanaJaafar2021_MappingtheFieldofMicrobialFuel.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.06.082
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spelling my.utm.940852022-02-28T13:31:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94085/ Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020) Naseer, Muhammad Nihal Zaidi, Asad A. Khan, Hamdullah Kumar, Sagar Owais, Muhammad Taha Jaafar, Juhana Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan Abdul Wahab, Yasmin Dutta, Kingshuk Asif, Muhammad Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F. Uzair, Muhammad TP Chemical technology Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has received much attention in the last decade as a promising technology to simultaneously generate electricity and decontaminate wastewater. This study aims to quantitatively review the published literature on MFC, published in the period of 1970–2020, based on the Web of Science (WoS) database. For the first time in literature, a comprehensive quantitative review of MFC has been conducted by employing the technique of bibliometric and content analyses. A total of 11,397 publications have been retrieved from WoS, out of which 81.6% are research articles. The evaluation in the field of MFC has been mapped in various categories, such as publication history, publication distribution, subject category distribution, leading journals, leading countries and leading organizations in MFC research. Additionally, content analysis has been conducted to unearth the research trends in MFC; and some hot research topics in MFC have been spotted. Results depict that the period 2011–2020 has been the most appreciating era for MFC research, as it contributed 87% of the total publications. Among the subject categories, energy fuel and microbiology lead with contributions of 26.5% for each, butthe overall growth of the energy fuel category in the last decade has been the highest. Out of 1,147 journals publishing MFC research, Bioresource Technology is the leading one; and countries like China, USA and India are the main hub of MFC research with 26.47%, 16.95% and 7.69% contributions in publications, respectively. The hottest topics in MFC research are nanoparticles, catalysts, air electrodes, graphene electrodes, power enhancement, air cathode and nitrogen removal. Moreover, major research areas are engineering, energy fuels and biotechnology with each contribution 26.5% of the total publications. Elsevier Ltd 2021-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94085/1/JuhanaJaafar2021_MappingtheFieldofMicrobialFuel.pdf Naseer, Muhammad Nihal and Zaidi, Asad A. and Khan, Hamdullah and Kumar, Sagar and Owais, Muhammad Taha and Jaafar, Juhana and Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan and Abdul Wahab, Yasmin and Dutta, Kingshuk and Asif, Muhammad and Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F. and Uzair, Muhammad (2021) Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020). Energy Reports, 7 . pp. 4126-4138. ISSN 2352-4847 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.06.082 DOI:10.1016/j.egyr.2021.06.082
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spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Naseer, Muhammad Nihal
Zaidi, Asad A.
Khan, Hamdullah
Kumar, Sagar
Owais, Muhammad Taha
Jaafar, Juhana
Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan
Abdul Wahab, Yasmin
Dutta, Kingshuk
Asif, Muhammad
Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F.
Uzair, Muhammad
Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
description Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has received much attention in the last decade as a promising technology to simultaneously generate electricity and decontaminate wastewater. This study aims to quantitatively review the published literature on MFC, published in the period of 1970–2020, based on the Web of Science (WoS) database. For the first time in literature, a comprehensive quantitative review of MFC has been conducted by employing the technique of bibliometric and content analyses. A total of 11,397 publications have been retrieved from WoS, out of which 81.6% are research articles. The evaluation in the field of MFC has been mapped in various categories, such as publication history, publication distribution, subject category distribution, leading journals, leading countries and leading organizations in MFC research. Additionally, content analysis has been conducted to unearth the research trends in MFC; and some hot research topics in MFC have been spotted. Results depict that the period 2011–2020 has been the most appreciating era for MFC research, as it contributed 87% of the total publications. Among the subject categories, energy fuel and microbiology lead with contributions of 26.5% for each, butthe overall growth of the energy fuel category in the last decade has been the highest. Out of 1,147 journals publishing MFC research, Bioresource Technology is the leading one; and countries like China, USA and India are the main hub of MFC research with 26.47%, 16.95% and 7.69% contributions in publications, respectively. The hottest topics in MFC research are nanoparticles, catalysts, air electrodes, graphene electrodes, power enhancement, air cathode and nitrogen removal. Moreover, major research areas are engineering, energy fuels and biotechnology with each contribution 26.5% of the total publications.
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author Naseer, Muhammad Nihal
Zaidi, Asad A.
Khan, Hamdullah
Kumar, Sagar
Owais, Muhammad Taha
Jaafar, Juhana
Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan
Abdul Wahab, Yasmin
Dutta, Kingshuk
Asif, Muhammad
Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F.
Uzair, Muhammad
author_facet Naseer, Muhammad Nihal
Zaidi, Asad A.
Khan, Hamdullah
Kumar, Sagar
Owais, Muhammad Taha
Jaafar, Juhana
Suhaimin, Nuor Sariyan
Abdul Wahab, Yasmin
Dutta, Kingshuk
Asif, Muhammad
Wan Muhamad Hatta, S. F.
Uzair, Muhammad
author_sort Naseer, Muhammad Nihal
title Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
title_short Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
title_full Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
title_fullStr Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
title_full_unstemmed Mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
title_sort mapping the field of microbial fuel cell: a quantitative literature review (1970–2020)
publisher Elsevier Ltd
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