Autonomous water quality management in an electrochemical desalination process

Zahid Ullah, Nakyeong Yun, Ruggero Rossi, Moon Son, Water Research, Volume 280, 15 July 2025, 123521.

Exploring the use of treated water in water reclamation facilities for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration

Nakyeong Yun and Ruggero Rossi, ACS ES&T Engineering, 2025.

Flow field design for zero-gap microbial electrolysis cells using synthetic and real wastewater

Danbee Kim, Nakyeong Yun, Hongang Du, Daniel A. Moreno Jimenez, Ruggero Rossi, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 630, 28 February 2025, 236077.

Reinforcement learning and machine learning controllers for enhancing water quality and process efficiency in electrochemical desalination

Zahid Hullah, Nakyeong Yun, Ruggero Rossi, Moon Son, ACS ES&T Water, Volume 4,November 2024.

Impact of reactor architecture and design parameters on the performance of microbial electrolysis cells revealed by the electrode potential slope analysis

Luguang Wang, Hongang Du, Amal Farghal Noreldein Elsyed, Nakyeong Yun, Xu Wang, Ruggero Rossi, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 485,1 May 2024, 144072

Hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells with biocathodes

Md Tabish Noori, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E Logan, Booki Min, Trends in Biotechnology, 14 Febrary 2024

Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Hydrogen Evolution with a Saline Catholyte Water Feed

Le Shi, Xuechen Zhou, Rachel F Taylor, Chenghan Xie, Bin Bian, Derek M Hall, Ruggero Rossi, Michael A Hickner, Christopher A Gorski, Bruce E Logan, Environmental Science & Technology, Volume 58, 2, 1131–1141

Dynamic pore modulation of contracted carbon fiber filter for wastewater treatment: Filtration performance and in-situ regeneration mechanism

Tao Xu , Lin Shi, Senlin Shao, Hui Wang, Yu Huang, Lei Xing, Re Xia, Ruggero Rossi, Liandong Zhu, Hua Zhu, Wulin Yang, Xuhui Mao, Xu Wang, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 473, 1 October 2023, 145243

Increasing the electrolyte salinity to improve the performance of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers

Ruggero Rossi, Rachel Taylor, Bruce E Logan, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 11, 23, May 2023, 8573–8579

Electrochemical and hydraulic analysis of thin-film composite and cellulose triacetate membranes for seawater electrolysis applications

Rachel Taylor, Le Shi, Xuechen Zhou, Ruggero Rossi, Cristian Picioreanu, Bruce E Logan, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 679, 5 August 2023, 121692

Using nickel-molybdenum cathode catalysts for efficient hydrogen gas production in microbial electrolysis cells

Ruggero Rossi, Joseph Nicolas, Bruce E. Logan, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 560, 15 March 2023, 232594

Impact of reactor configuration on pilot-scale microbial fuel cell performance

Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Water Research, Volume 225, 15 October 2022, 119179

High-rate microbial electrosynthesis using a zero-gap flow cell and vapor-fed anode design

Gahyun Baek, Ruggero Rossi, Pascal E. Saikaly, Bruce E. Logan, Water Research, Volume 219, 1 July 2022, 118597

Pilot scale microbial fuel cells using air cathodes for producing electricity while treating wastewater

Ruggero Rossi, Andy Y. Hur, Martin A. Page, Amalia O’Brien Thomas, Joseph J. Butkiewicz, David W. Jones, Gahyun Baek, Pascal E. Saikaly, Donald M. Cropek, Bruce E. Logan, Water Research, Volume 215, 15 May 2022, 118208

Using copper-based biocathodes to improve carbon dioxide conversion efficiency into methane in microbial methanogenesis cells

Gahyun Baek, Le Shi, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 435, Part 2, 1 May 2022, 135076

Vapor-Fed Cathode Microbial Electrolysis Cells with Closely Spaced Electrodes Enables Greatly Improved Performance

Ruggero Rossi, Gahyun Baek, Bruce E. Logan, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022 56 (2), 1211-1220

Comparison of different chemical treatments of brush and flat carbon electrodes to improve performance of microbial fuel cells

Emmanuel U. Fonseca, Wulin Yang, Xu Wang, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 342, December 2021, 125932

Using an anion exchange membrane for effective hydroxide ion transport enables high power densities in microbial fuel cells

Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 422, 15 October 2021, 130150

The impact of different types of high surface area brush fibers with different electrical conductivity and biocompatibility on the rates of methane generation in anaerobic digestion

Gahyun Baek, Ruggero Rossi, Pascal E. Saikaly, Bruce E. Logan, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 787, 15 September 2021, 147683

Changes in electrode resistances and limiting currents as a function of microbial electrolysis cell reactor configurations

Gahyun Baek, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Electrochima Acta, Volume 388, 20 August 2021, 138590

Enabling the use of seawater for hydrogen gas production in water electrolyzers

Bruce E. Logan, Le Shi, Ruggero Rossi, Joule, Volume 5, Issue 4, 21 April 2021, Pages 760-762

Improving microbial electrolysis stability using flow-through brush electrodes and monitoring anode potentials relative to thermodynamic minima

Emmanuel U. Fonseca, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 46, Issue 14, 24 February 2021, Pages 9514-9522

Continuous Flow Microbial Flow Cell with an Anion Exchange Membrane for Treating Low Conductivity and Poorly Buffered Wastewater

Ruggero Rossi Gahyun Baek Pascal E. Saikaly Bruce E. Logan, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (7), 2946-2954

The effect of high applied voltages on bioanodes of microbial electrolysis cells in the presence of chlorides

Gahyun Baek, Le Shi, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 405, 1 February 2021, 126742

Enumeration of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cell effluents fed acetate or wastewater substrates

Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Ruggero Rossi, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 165, 15 January 2021, 107816

Using a vapor-fed anode and saline catholyte to manage ion transport in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer

Ruggero Rossi, Derek M. Hall, Le Shi, Nicholas R. Cross, Christopher A. Gorski, Michael A. Hickner, Bruce E. Logan, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 6041-6049

Impact of external resistance acclimation on charge transfer and diffusion resistance in bench-scale microbial fuel cells

Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 318, December 2020, 123921

Chronoamperometry and linear sweep voltammetry reveals the adverse impact of high carbonate buffer concentrations on anode performance in microbial fuel cells

Ruggero Rossi, Deepak Pant, Bruce E. Logan, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 476, 15 November 2020, 228715

High performance flow through microbial fuel cells with anion exchange membrane

Ruggero Rossi, Xu Wang, Bruce E. Logan, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 475, 1 November 2020, 228633

Impact of cathodic electron acceptor on microbial fuel cell internal resistance

Kathryn Lawson, Ruggero Rossi, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 316, November 2020, 123919

Energy Use for Electricity Generation Requires an Assessment More Directly Relevant to Climate Change

Bruce E. Logan, Ruggero Rossi, Gahyun Baek, Le Shi, Jacqueline O’Connor, Wei Peng, ACS Energy Lett., 2020, 5, 11, 3514–351

Quantifying the factors limiting performance and rates in microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis combined with electrical impedance spectroscopy

Ruggero Rossi, Derek M. Hall, Xu Wang, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 348, 10 July 2020, 136330

Unraveling the contributions of internal resistance components in two-chamber microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis

Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 348, 10 July 2020, 136291

Low-cost Fe–N–C catalyst derived from Fe (III)-chitosan hydrogel to enhance power production in microbial fuel cells

Wulin Yang, Xu Wang, Ruggero Rossi, Bruce E. Logan, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 380, 15 January 2020, 122522

Using reverse osmosis membranes to control ion transport during water electrolysis

Le Shi, Ruggero Rossi, Moon Son, Derek M. Hall, Michael A. Hickner, Christopher A. Gorski, Bruce E. Logan, Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 3138-3148

Adapting Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide for Electrically Conductive Membranes Fabricated by Atomic Layer Deposition

Wulin Yang, Moon Son, Ruggero Rossi, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Bruce E. Logan, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 1, 963–969

Balancing Water Dissociation and Current Densities To Enable Sustainable Hydrogen Production with Bipolar Membranes in Microbial Electrolysis Cells

Xu Wang, Ruggero Rossi, Zhifei Yan, Wulin Yang, Michael A. Hickner, Thomas E. Mallouk, and Bruce E. Logan, Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 53 (24), 14761-14768

Impact of cleaning procedures on restoring cathode performance for microbial fuel cells treating domestic wastewater

Ruggero Rossi, Xu Wang, Wulin Yang, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 290, October 2019, 121759

Applying the electrode potential slope method as a tool to quantitatively evaluate the performance of individual microbial electrolysis cell components

Benjamin P. Cario, Ruggero Rossi, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 287, September 2019, 121418

Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

Logan, B.E., Rossi, R., Ragab, A. et al. Nat Rev Microbiol,  17, 307–319 (2019)

Evaluation of Electrode and Solution Area-Based Resistances Enables Quantitative Comparisons of Factors Impacting Microbial Fuel Cell Performance

Ruggero Rossi, Benjamin P. Cario, Carlo Santoro, Wulin Yang, Pascal E. Saikaly, and Bruce E. Logan, Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 53 (7), 3977-3986

Impact of flow recirculation and anode dimensions on performance of a large scale microbial fuel cell

Ruggero Rossi, Patrick J. Evans, Bruce E. Logan, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 412, 1 February 2019, Pages 294-300

Electroactive microorganisms in bioelectrochemical systems

Bruce E. Logan, Rugero Rossi, Ala’a Ragab, Pascal E. Saikaly, Nature Reviews Microbiology, volume 17, 307-319 (2019)

Evaluating a multi-panel air cathode through electrochemical and biotic tests

Ruggero Rossi, David Jones, Jaewook Myung, Emily Zikmund, Wulin Yang, Yolanda Alvarez Gallego, Deepak Pant, Patrick J. Evans, Martin A. Page, Donald M. Cropek, Bruce E. Logan, Water Research, Volume 148, 1 January 2019, Pages 51-59

In situ biofilm removal from air cathodes in microbial fuel cells treating domestic wastewater

Ruggero Rossi, Wulin Yang, Emily Zikmund, Deepak Pant, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 265, October 2018, Pages 200-206

Impact of Ohmic Resistance on Measured Electrode Potentials and Maximum Power Production in Microbial Fuel Cells

Bruce E. Logan, Emily Zikmund, Wulin Yang, Ruggero Rossi, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Pascal E. Saikaly, and Fang Zhang, Environmental Science & Technology, 2018 52 (15), 8977-8985

Mitigating external and internal cathode fouling using a polymer bonded separator in microbial fuel cells

Wulin Yang, Ruggero Rossi, Yushi Tian, Kyoung-Yeol Kim, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 249, February 2018, Pages 1080-1084

Assessment of a metal–organic framework catalyst in air cathode microbial fuel cells over time with different buffers and solutions

Ruggero Rossi, Wulin Yang, Leonardo Setti, Bruce E. Logan, Bioresource Technology, Volume 233, June 2017, Pages 399-405 

EFFECT OF METHYLENE BLUE ON ELECTRON MEDIATED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL

Ruggero Rossi, Leonardo Setti, Environmental Engineering & Management Journal (EEMJ), Sep2016, Vol. 15 Issue 9, p2011-2018

Characterization of Electron Transfer Mechanism in Mediated
Microbial Fuel Cell by Entrapped Electron Mediator in
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Ruggero Rossi, Mattia Cavina, Leonardo Setti, Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 49, 2016

Characterization of Electron Mediated Microbial Fuel Cell by
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Ruggero Rossi, Andrea Fedrigucci, Leonardo Setti, Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 43, 2015