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Record W4406219146 · doi:10.3390/su17020466

Microbial Fuel Cells for Power Generation by Treating Mine Tailings: Recent Advances and Emerging Trends

2025· article· en· W4406219146 on OpenAlexaff
Wenwen Cui, Samantha Espley, Weiguo Liang, Shunde Yin, Xiaoqiang Dong

Bibliographic record

VenueSustainability · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
Canadian institutionsStantec (Canada)University of Waterloo
FundersChina Scholarship Council
KeywordsTailingsMicrobial fuel cellEnvironmental scienceFuel cellsWaste managementElectricity generationMining engineeringEngineeringPower (physics)Materials scienceMetallurgyChemical engineering

Abstract

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have gained considerable attention in recent years due to their dual potential in waste treatment and clean energy production. In the field of mine tailings treatment, MFCs exhibit a unique advantage by integrating pollutant degradation with electricity generation, gradually emerging as a significant research focus. Based on 1321 relevant publications retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) from 2004 to 2024, this study employs bibliometric analysis to systematically explore the research status and future trends of MFCs in mine tailings treatment and power generation. The main research themes include (1) distinctive publication characteristics of MFC studies in the context of mine tailings treatment; (2) key information on leading countries, institutions, journals, and disciplines contributing to this field; and (3) a comprehensive summary of technological breakthroughs, emerging research hotspots, and future development directions of MFCs in mine tailings management. By thoroughly evaluating the existing body of research, this study provides valuable guidance for scholars new to the fields of MFCs and mine tailings treatment while offering insights into the technological advancements shaping the future of this domain.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.005
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.009
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.024
Threshold uncertainty score0.025

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0050.009
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0240.054
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0050.006
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.240
Teacher spread0.236 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Citations16
Published2025
Admission routes1
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