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Liu et al. / J Zhejiang Univ-Sci A (Appl Phys Eng) 2014 15(11):841-861  841   Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics Engineering) ISSN 1673-565X (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@  Review:  Microbial fuel cells for energy production from wastewaters: * the way toward practical application Wei-feng LIU, Shao-an CHENG†‡ (State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy, Department of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China) †E-mail: shaoancheng@ Received Sept. 17, 2014; Revision accepted Oct. 19, 2014; Crosschecked Oct. 24, 2014 Abstract: Much energy is stored in wastewaters. How to efficiently capture this energy is of great significance for meeting the world’s energy needs, reducing wastewater handling costs and increasing the sustainability of wastewater treatment. The micro- bial fuel cell (MFC) is a recently developed biotechnology for electrical energy recovery from the organic pollutants in wastewaters. MFCs hold great promise for sustainable wastewater treatment. However, at present there is still much research needed before the MFC technique can be practically applied in the real world. In this review, we analyze the opportunities and key challenges for MFCs to achieve sustainability in wastewater treatment. We especially discuss the problems and challenges for scaling up the MFC systems; this is the most critical issue for realizing the practical implementation of this technique. In order to ach