Next-Generation Materials for Bioelectrochemical Systems

Dipak Ashok Jadhav is a research professor at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, South Korea. His research interests lie in microbial fuel cells, bioelectrochemical systems, sanitation, bioenergy research, water management, and waste-to-energy. He has received several prestigious awards and fellowship including Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI), Young Engineers Award, Promising Engineers Award, Swachthon Award from Ministry, DAAD fellowship, Silver medal for post graduate studies at IIT Kharagpur, etc. His research area is microbial fuel cell, Bioelectrochemical system, Sanitation, Bioenergy research, Water management, Waste to Energy recovery. To his credits, there are over 33 papers in various peer-reviewed SCI journals including Renewable and Sustainable energy reviews, Bioresource Technology, Energy, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, etc. and also authored 19 book chapters. He has presented the work at national and international conferences in the area of bioelectrochemical system and bioenergy. He is also serving as editorial board member /reviewers for International Journals and member for several scientific societies in the field of microbial fuel cell and bioenergy research. He is also editor for book on microbial electrochemical system.Bahaa Ahmed Hemdan is an associate professor at in the Environmental Research Division of the National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. His research areas cover microbial fuel cells, bioelectrochemical systems, biocommunity detection and analysis, micropollutant removal, environmental microbiology, catalyst development, and electrochemical reactions.

• 1. Electrochemical redox reactions and its applications in environmental science2. Fundamentals, classifications and applications of bioelectrochemical system3. Role of nanomaterials and nanocomposites in fuel cells and environmental electrochemistry applications4. Waste to resource recovery using bioelectrochemical system and material advancement5. Material/catalyst characterization techniques for bioelectrochemical system (BES)6. Synthesis and applications of graphene and Mxene based electrocatalysts for bioelectrochemical system7. Development of cathodic catalysts for boosting the oxygen reduction reactions in microbial fuel cells8. Applications of novel catalysts for promoting hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions for bioelectrosynthesis9. Advance materials for photocatalysis and electrocatalysis in biological fuel cells and biosensors10. Functional Electro-Catalysts for gas diffusion layers and membrane electrode assembly for CO2 electroreduction11. Nanomaterials for membrane modifications in microbial electrochemical technologies12. Low cost membrane (Ceramic, Forward osmosis membrane) modifications for bioelectrochemical system13. Polymer derived composites for electrode and membrane modification in BES14. Applicability of metal organic frameworks and metal composites for BES15. Waste derived biochar for electrode modifications and antibiofouling nanoparticles for membranes in BES16. Electrochemical behaviour and assessment tools for electrode & membrane modifications in BES17. Reactor design and architectural adaptions for bioelectrochemical system18. Tailoring the electrochemical behaviour of BES with anodic catalysts, biosynthesized particles and mediators19. Nano-mediators for enhancing the direct/indirect electron transfer rate in anodic chambers20. Advance electrocatalysts for bifunctional electrochemistry in microbial electrochemical technologies21. Applicability of nano-composites for scalable applications of bioelectrochemical system: Perspectives22. Next generation nano-materials for energy storage devices, supercapacitors and fuel cells23. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic evaluation of materials used for bioelectrochemical reactors from environmental prospective24. Prospective and challenges in application of nanomaterials and nanocomposites for bioelectrochemical system