Electricity generation from a refuelable glucose alkaline fuel cell with a methyl viologen-immobilized activated carbon anode

Liu, Xianhua; Zi, Li; Yang, Yulou; Liu, Peng; Zhang, Pingping

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2016.11.121

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“…Due to the limitations of MGFCs and EGFCs, many efforts also have been devoted to developing AGFCs [9,11,[48][49][50][51][52]. AGFCs use abiotic catalysts to catalyze the glucose oxidation, such as metals, metal oxides, metal sulfides and carbon-based nanomaterials [53][54][55][56][57][58].…”

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Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

Liu

2022

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Glucose is a ubiquitous source of energy for nearly all living things, and glucose fuel cells (GFCs) are regarded as a sustainable power source because glucose is renewable, easily available, cheap, abundant, non-toxic and easy-to-store. Numerous efforts have been devoted to developing and improving GFC performance; however, there is still no commercially viable devices on the market. Membranes play an essential role in GFCs for the establishment of a suitable local microenvironment, selective ion conducting and prevention of substrate crossover. However, our knowledge on them is still limited, especially on how to achieve comparable efficacy with that of a biological system. This review article provides the first brief overview on these aspects, particularly keeping in sight the research trends, current challenges, and the future prospects. We aim to bring together literature analysis and technological discussion on GFCs and membranes by using bibliometrics, and provide new ideas for researchers in this field to overcome challenges on developing high-performance GFCs.

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“…Inspired by the nature, researchers have long considered developing glucose fuel cells (GFCs) with glucose as fuel [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. After complete oxidation, glucose can release 2.87 MJ mol −1 energy [2].…”

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Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

Liu

2022

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“…A black mud was obtained aer dying by a water bath and pressed on nickel foam followed by our previous reports. [7][8][9][36][37][38] While, Ni 3 N, Co 3 N, and AC (without catalyst) anodes were prepared with the same conguration. A similar air cathode 38,39 used in all fuel cells.…”

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“…5,6 Despite the signicant interest from scientists in developing glucose fuel cell technology, the direct utilization of glucose in fuel cells is largely underdeveloped due to the sluggish glucose oxidation reaction. [7][8][9] Thus, a signicant effort is required in developing low-cost and highly efficient anode catalysts which can facilitate glucose oxidation. Platinum-based metals have been commonly employed as anode catalysts in fuel cells due to their low over-potentials and fast kinetics in the redox reactions.…”

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3D porous nanostructured Ni₃N–Co₃N as a robust electrode material for glucose fuel cell

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“…To avoid the issues associated with homogenous polymeric viologen mediators, Liu and Zhang created high local surface concentration of viologen on activated carbon electrodes by electrostatic adsorption of the mediator. 25,26 These electrodes demonstrated electrocatalytic oxidation of carbohydrates, with significantly higher power density compared to similar devices that used comparable amounts of homogenous (i.e. not immobilized) viologen mediators.…”

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Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Carbohydrates via Surface-Immobilized Viologen

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Electricity produced directly from renewable carbohydrates—Earth’s most abundant biomolecules—offers tremendous potential if it can be done cheaply, efficiently, and practically. Previous work demonstrated that the viologen-mediated process accelerates carbohydrate oxidation but also results in incomplete oxidation products reducing the efficiency of electricity production. Subsequent studies suggested that soluble polymeric viologen compounds improved oxidation efficiency by increasing the local concentration of the viologen mediators. In the present study, the utility of surface-immobilized viologen mediators for the oxidation of simple carbohydrates was investigated. Self-assembled monolayers of thiolated viologen derivatives were prepared on gold anodes to enhance the electrocatalytic oxidation of dihydroxyacetone, fructose, and glucose. The thiolated viologen mediators formed surface-adsorbed films on gold electrodes that were consistent with incomplete monolayers, as characterized by quartz crystal microbalance and cyclic voltammetry. Monolayers formed from dialkylated viologens enhanced the spontaneous electrooxidation of carbohydrates in an unoptimized alkaline electrochemical cell. These results indicate that immobilized mediators can be used to enhance the spontaneous oxidation of carbohydrates to generate electricity from renewable sources. The same tethered-mediator strategy could be used for other mediators to increase the electrochemical cell efficiency and enable long-lasting anodes in carbohydrate fuel cells.

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Electricity generation from a refuelable glucose alkaline fuel cell with a methyl viologen-immobilized activated carbon anode

Cited by 17 publications

References 36 publications

Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

3D porous nanostructured Ni₃N–Co₃N as a robust electrode material for glucose fuel cell

Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Carbohydrates via Surface-Immobilized Viologen

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Electricity generation from a refuelable glucose alkaline fuel cell with a methyl viologen-immobilized activated carbon anode

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Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

Glucose Fuel Cells and Membranes: A Brief Overview and Literature Analysis

3D porous nanostructured Ni3N–Co3N as a robust electrode material for glucose fuel cell

Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Carbohydrates via Surface-Immobilized Viologen

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3D porous nanostructured Ni₃N–Co₃N as a robust electrode material for glucose fuel cell