A mediatorless microbial fuel cell using polypyrrole coated carbon nanotubes composite as anode material

Zou, Yongjin; Xiang, Cuili; Yang, L. N.; Sun, Lin; Xu, Fen; Cao, Zhong

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.06.061

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“…Polypyrrole-coated CNTs were tested in a dual-chambered MFC and characterized by cyclic voltammetry. The result showed high peak current compared to the separation between the peak voltages, indicating that the polypyrrole-CNT composite increases the electrochemical active area [48]. In addition, polypyrrole-CNT showed a high electron transfer, which means that it is likely that PPy polymer might contain some molecular units similar to redox mediators [49].…”

Section: Composite Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electrode materials for microbial fuel cells: nanomaterial approach

Mustakeem

2015

Mater Renew Sustain Energy

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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has the potential to become a major renewable energy resource by degrading organic pollutants in wastewater. The performance of MFC directly depends on the kinetics of the electrode reactions within the fuel cell, with the performance of the electrodes heavily influenced by the materials they are made from. A wide range of materials have been tested to improve the performance of MFCs. In the past decade, carbon-based nanomaterials have emerged as promising materials for both anode and cathode construction. Composite materials have also shown to have the potential to become materials of choice for electrode manufacture. Various transition metal oxides have been investigated as alternatives to conventional expensive metals like platinum for oxygen reduction reaction. In this review, different carbon-based nanomaterials and composite materials are discussed for their potential use as MFC electrodes.

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Section: Composite Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Electrode materials for microbial fuel cells: nanomaterial approach

Mustakeem

2015

Mater Renew Sustain Energy

207

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“…복합체 형성은 나노 물질의 특성을 향상시킬 수 있다 [22]. 전도성 고분자와 CNTs의 결합은 시너지 효과로 각 구성 요 소의 속성을 지닌 새로운 복합소재의 생산으로 이어질 수 있기 때문 에, 전도성 고분자/CNTs 복합체에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다 [42,45].…”

Section: 실 미생물연료전지(Two-chamber Mfcs)unclassified

Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioenergy Generation and Wastewater Treatment

Nah

Roh

2013

Applied Chemistry for Engineering

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A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bio-electrochemical device that converts chemical energy in the chemical bonds in organic compounds to electrical energy through catalytic reactions of microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. Power density and Coulombic efficiency are significantly affected by the types of microbe in the anodic chamber of an MFC, configurations of the system and operating conditions. The achievable power output from MFC increased remarkably by modifying their designs such as the optimization of MFC configurations, the physical and chemical operating conditions, and the choice of biocatalysts. This article presents a critical review on the recent advances made in MFC research with the emphasis on MFC configurations, optimization of important operating parameters, performances and future applications of MFC.Keywords: microbial fuel cell, electrical energy, operating condition, power density

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“…Various materials and strategies have been utilized to improve MFC anode properties, including metal and non-metal materials with/without modification. (Rosenbaum et al, 2007;Rinaldi et al, 2008;Ghasemi et al, 2013) Carbon anodes [especially materials with high porosity and large surface area, such as carbon cloth (Yuan et al, 2010), carbon fiber brush (Logan et al, 2007;Wang et al, 2011;Wei et al, 2011), PPyCNTs (Zou et al, 2008), CNT/PANI (Nourbakhsh et al, 2017), graphene (Xie et al, 2012;Wang H. et al, 2013)] are widely used in MFCs due to their excellent stability and biocompatibility. However, 3D porous electrodes recently reported had either large (>500 µm) (Xie et al, 2011;Yong et al, 2012) or small (<10 µm) (He et al, 2012) pore sizes that could hardly be tuned.…”

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confidence: 99%

Application of 3D Printed Porous Copper Anode in Microbial Fuel Cells

Bian

Wang

et al. 2018

Front. Energy Res.

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In this study, 3D printing technique was utilized to fabricate three-dimensional porous electrodes for microbial fuel cells with UV curable resin, followed by copper electroless plating. A maximum voltage of 62.9 ± 2.5 mV and a power density of 6.45 ± 0.5 mWm −2 were achieved for MFCs with 3D printed porous copper (3D-PPC) anodes, which were 8.3-and 12.3-fold higher than copper mesh electrodes, respectively. This illustrated the great advantage of 3D porous anodes in MFCs compared to flat anode structures. Besides, the biocompatibility of the copper anode with Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 was examined by comparing with carbon cloth, which produced a 3-fold larger maximum voltage and a ∼10-fold higher power density vs. 3D-PPC anodes and thus indicated the possible copper corrosion during MFC operation. ICP-MS analysis of MFC solution revealed the high concentration of 732 ± 27.1 µg/L copper ions detected in the MFC effluent. This result, coupled with EDX showing the lower copper content on the 3D-PPC anode surface after >15 days of MFC operation, confirmed the copper dissolving behavior in MFC. MR-1 biofilm formation under copper suppression was finally characterized by SEM and less biofilm was observed on copper anodes, illustrating their poor biocompatibility, even though 3D printing technology and porous structures were quite promising for future scale-up.

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A mediatorless microbial fuel cell using polypyrrole coated carbon nanotubes composite as anode material

Cited by 295 publications

References 19 publications

Electrode materials for microbial fuel cells: nanomaterial approach

Electrode materials for microbial fuel cells: nanomaterial approach

Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioenergy Generation and Wastewater Treatment

Application of 3D Printed Porous Copper Anode in Microbial Fuel Cells

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