IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
4, С. 2609 - 2666
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
Technology
solutions
must
effectively
balance
economic
growth,
social
equity,
and
environmental
integrity
to
achieve
a
sustainable
society.
Notably,
although
the
Internet
of
Things
(IoT)
paradigm
constitutes
key
sustainability
enabler,
critical
issues
such
as
increasing
maintenance
operations,
energy
consumption,
manufacturing/disposal
IoT
devices
have
long-term
negative
economic,
societal,
impacts
be
efficiently
addressed.
This
calls
for
self-sustainable
ecosystems
requiring
minimal
external
resources
intervention,
utilizing
renewable
sources,
recycling
materials
whenever
possible,
thus
encompassing
sustainability.
In
this
work,
we
focus
on
energy-sustainable
during
operation
phase,
our
discussions
sometimes
extend
other
aspects
lifecycle
phases.
Specifically,
provide
fresh
look
at
identify
provision,
transfer,
efficiency
three
main
energy-related
processes
whose
harmonious
coexistence
pushes
toward
realizing
systems.
Their
related
technologies,
recent
advances,
challenges,
research
directions
are
also
discussed.
Moreover,
overview
relevant
performance
metrics
assess
energy-sustainability
potential
certain
technique,
technology,
device,
or
network,
together
with
target
values
next
generation
wireless
systems,
discuss
protocol,
integration,
implementation
issues.
Overall,
paper
offers
insights
that
valuable
advancing
goals
present
future
generations.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
879, С. 162757 - 162757
Опубликована: Март 15, 2023
Microbial
fuel
cell
(MFC)
is
an
interesting
technology
capable
of
converting
the
chemical
energy
stored
in
organics
to
electricity.
It
has
raised
high
hopes
among
researchers
and
end
users
as
world
continues
face
climate
change,
water,
energy,
land
crisis.
This
review
aims
discuss
journey
continuously
progressing
MFC
from
lab
field
so
far.
evaluates
historical
development
MFC,
emergence
different
variants
or
MFC-associated
other
technologies
such
sediment-microbial
(S-MFC),
plant-microbial
(P-MFC),
integrated
constructed
wetlands-microbial
(CW-MFC).
assessed
primary
applications
challenges
overcome
existing
limitations
for
commercialization
these
technologies.
In
addition,
it
further
illustrates
design
potential
S-MFC,
P-MFC,
CW-MFC.
Lastly,
maturity
readiness
CW-MFC
real-world
implementation
were
by
multicriteria-based
assessment.
Wastewater
treatment
efficiency,
bioelectricity
generation
demand,
cost
investment,
scale-up
mainly
considered
key
criteria.
Other
sustainability
criteria,
life
cycle
environmental
impact
assessments
also
evaluated.
