Table 2.

Summary of analytical performance, construction and functional characteristics of MFCs used as BOD.

Microbe Assayed (Origin)	Anode	Cathode	Membrane Used	Configuration	Detection Range (BOD5, mg·L−1)	Saturation Signal	Response Time	Refs.
Clostridium butyricum	Pt	Carbon	Anion exchange membrane	Two chamber	10–300	120 µA	70 min	[53]
Enriched consortium (waste water)	Graphite felt	Graphite felt	Cation exchange membrane	Two chamber	2.58–206 (based on charge)	1.1 mA	0.5–10 h	[39]
Consortium (activated sludge)	Graphite felt	Graphite felt	Cation exchange membrane	Two chamber	23–100	6 mA	1 h	[40]
Consortium (activated sludge)	Graphite felt	Graphite felt with Pt	Cation exchange membrane	Two chamber	20–200	5.5 mA	5–36 min	[56]
Consortium (waste water)	Carbon paper	Carbon cloth with Pt	Cation exchange membrane	Single chamber (air breathing cathode)	38–324	286 mW·m−2	0.6 h	[57]
Consortium (anaerobic sludge)	Graphite granules	Carbon paper with Pt	Cation exchange membrane	Single chamber (air breathing cathode)	50–500	0.6 mA	40 min–2 h	[41]
Consortium (primary clarifier)	Carbon paper	Carbon paper with Pt	Cation exchange membrane	Two chamber	10–250	233 mA·m−2	40 min	[58]
Consortium (from an active MFC)	Carbon cloth	Carbon cloth	Cation exchange membrane	Single chamber (air breathing cathode)	3–164	35 µA	2.8–8.7 min	[46]