A high-performance electrocatalytic air cathode derived from aniline and iron for use in microbial fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (25) ◽  
pp. 12789-12794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinhua Tang ◽  
Haoran Li ◽  
Weida Wang ◽  
Zhuwei Du ◽  
How Yong Ng
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Air Cathode

A high-performance and low-cost catalyst derived from aniline and iron was synthesized for use as microbial fuel cell (MFC) air cathodes.

Engineering a membrane based air cathode for microbial fuel cells via hot pressing and using multi-catalyst layer stacking

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 858-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wulin Yang ◽  
Bruce E. Logan
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Hot Pressing ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Catalyst Layer ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Water Leakage ◽  
Layer Stacking

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) cathodes must have high performance and be resistant to water leakage.

scholarly journals Autonomous Sensor Node Powered by CM-Scale Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell and Low-Cost and Off-the-Shelf Components

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chailloux ◽  
A. Capitaine ◽  
B. Erable ◽  
G. Pillonnet
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Power Management ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Energy Harvesters ◽  
Autonomous Sensor

AbstractMicrobial fuel cells (MFC’s) are promising energy harvesters to constantly supply energy to sensors deployed in aquatic environments where solar, thermal and vibration sources are inadequate. In order to show the ready-to-use MFC potential as energy scavengers, this paper presents the association of a durable benthic MFC with a few dollars of commercially-available power management units (PMU’s) dedicated to other kinds of harvesters. With 20 cm

Accelerated Hexavalent Chromium [Cr (VI)] Reduction with Electrogenerated Hydrogen Peroxide in Microbial Fuel Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 1525-1528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Liu ◽  
Yan Yang ◽  
Ding Long Li
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Hexavalent Chromium ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Carbon Felt ◽  
Dual Chamber ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Efficient Reduction

Cr(VI) was reduced at a carbon felt cathode in an air-cathode dual-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). The reduction of Cr(VI) was proven to be strongly associated with the electrogenerated H2O2 at the cathode. At pH 3.0, only 27.3% of Cr(VI) was reduced after 12h in the nitrogen-bubbling-cathode MFC, while complete reduction of Cr(VI) was achieved after 6h in the air-bubbling-cathode MFC in which the reduction of oxygen to H2O2was confirmed. The results showed that the efficient reduction of Cr(VI) could be achieved with an air-bubbling-cathode MFC.

Almond shell derived porous carbon for a high-performance anode of microbial fuel cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 3415-3421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meizhen Li ◽  
Suqin Ci ◽  
Yichun Ding ◽  
Zhenhai Wen
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Porous Carbon ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Almond Shell

The biomass of almond shells is used as a source for preparation of porous carbon that performs impressively as the anode of a microbial fuel cell.

scholarly journals Lack of Electricity Production by Pelobacter carbinolicus Indicates that the Capacity for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Does Not Necessarily Confer Electron Transfer Ability to Fuel Cell Anodes

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (16) ◽  
pp. 5347-5353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanno Richter ◽  
Martin Lanthier ◽  
Kelly P. Nevin ◽  
Derek R. Lovley
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Electron Donors ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Anode Surface ◽  
Oxide Reduction ◽  
Fuel Cell Anodes

ABSTRACT The ability of Pelobacter carbinolicus to oxidize electron donors with electron transfer to the anodes of microbial fuel cells was evaluated because microorganisms closely related to Pelobacter species are generally abundant on the anodes of microbial fuel cells harvesting electricity from aquatic sediments. P. carbinolicus could not produce current in a microbial fuel cell with electron donors which support Fe(III) oxide reduction by this organism. Current was produced using a coculture of P. carbinolicus and Geobacter sulfurreducens with ethanol as the fuel. Ethanol consumption was associated with the transitory accumulation of acetate and hydrogen. G. sulfurreducens alone could not metabolize ethanol, suggesting that P. carbinolicus grew in the fuel cell by converting ethanol to hydrogen and acetate, which G. sulfurreducens oxidized with electron transfer to the anode. Up to 83% of the electrons available in ethanol were recovered as electricity and in the metabolic intermediate acetate. Hydrogen consumption by G. sulfurreducens was important for ethanol metabolism by P. carbinolicus. Confocal microscopy and analysis of 16S rRNA genes revealed that half of the cells growing on the anode surface were P. carbinolicus, but there was a nearly equal number of planktonic cells of P. carbinolicus. In contrast, G. sulfurreducens was primarily attached to the anode. P. carbinolicus represents the first Fe(III) oxide-reducing microorganism found to be unable to produce current in a microbial fuel cell, providing the first suggestion that the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer to Fe(III) oxides and fuel cell anodes may be different.

A novel and high performance activated carbon air-cathode with decreased volume density and catalyst layer invasion for microbial fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (80) ◽  
pp. 42577-42580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yueyong Zhang ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Xiaojing Li ◽  
Ningshengjie Gao ◽  
Lili Wan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Catalyst Layer ◽  
Volume Density ◽  
Air Cathode

scholarly journals A facile synthesis of molybdenum carbide nanoparticles-modified carbonized cotton textile as an anode material for high-performance microbial fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (70) ◽  
pp. 40490-40497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizhen Zeng ◽  
Shaofei Zhao ◽  
Lixia Zhang ◽  
Miao He
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Porous Structure ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Anode Material ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Molybdenum Carbide ◽  
Cotton Textile ◽  
Facile Synthesis ◽  
Step Method

A novel macroscale porous structure electrode, molybdenum carbide nanoparticles-modified carbonized cotton textile (Mo2C/CCT), was synthesized by a facile two-step method and used as anode material for high-performance microbial fuel cell (MFC).

scholarly journals Comparative Study on the Effects of Three Membrane Modification Methods on the Performance of Microbial Fuel Cell

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Fan ◽  
Junyi Shi ◽  
Tian Gao
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Generation Capacity ◽  
Exchange Membrane

Proton exchange membrane is an important factor affecting the power generation capacity and water purification effect of microbial fuel cells. The performance of microbial fuel cells can be improved by modifying the proton exchange membrane by some suitable method. Microbial fuel cells with membranes modified by SiO2/PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride), sulfonated PVDF and polymerized MMA (methyl methacrylate) electrolyte were tested and their power generation capacity and water purification effect were compared. The experimental results show that the three membrane modification methods can improve the power generation capacity and water purification effect of microbial fuel cells to some extent. Among them, the microbial fuel cell with the polymerized MMA modified membrane showed the best performance, in which the output voltage was 39.52 mV, and the electricity production current density was 18.82 mA/m2, which was 2224% higher than that of microbial fuel cell with the conventional Nafion membrane; and the COD (chemical oxygen demand) removal rate was 54.8%, which was 72.9% higher than that of microbial fuel cell with the conventional Nafion membrane. Modifying the membrane with the polymerized MMA is a very effective way to improve the performance of microbial fuel cells.

scholarly journals Microbial Fuel Cells, Related Technologies, and Their Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene Drendel ◽  
Elizabeth R. Mathews ◽  
Lucie Semenec ◽  
Ashley E. Franks
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Engineering Material ◽  
Cell Systems ◽  
Material Sciences

Microbial fuel cells present an emerging technology for utilizing the metabolism of microbes to fuel processes including biofuel, energy production, and the bioremediation of environments. The application and design of microbial fuel cells are of interest to a range of disciplines including engineering, material sciences, and microbiology. In addition, these devices present numerous opportunities to improve sustainable practices in different settings, ranging from industrial to domestic. Current research is continuing to further our understanding of how the engineering, design, and microbial aspects of microbial fuel cell systems impact upon their function. As a result, researchers are continuing to expand the range of processes microbial fuel cells can be used for, as well as the efficiency of those applications.

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