scholarly journals Investigation and Improvement of Scalable Oxygen Reducing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cells by Spray Coating

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorben Muddemann ◽  
Dennis Haupt ◽  
Bolong Jiang ◽  
Michael Sievers ◽  
Ulrich Kunz
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Cathode Surface ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Coating Quality ◽  
Catalyst Coating

This contribution describes the effect of the quality of the catalyst coating of cathodes for wastewater treatment by microbial fuel cells (MFC). The increase in coating quality led to a strong increase in MFC performance in terms of peak power density and long-term stability. This more uniform coating was realized by an airbrush coating method for applying a self-developed polymeric solution containing different catalysts (MnO2, MoS2, Co3O4). In addition to the possible automation of the presented coating, this method did not require a calcination step. A cathode coated with catalysts, for instance, MnO2/MoS2 (weight ratio 2:1), by airbrush method reached a peak and long-term power density of 320 and 200–240 mW/m2, respectively, in a two-chamber MFC. The long-term performance was approximately three times higher than a cathode with the same catalyst system but coated with the former paintbrush method on a smaller cathode surface area. This extraordinary increase in MFC performance confirmed the high impact of catalyst coating quality, which could be stronger than variations in catalyst concentration and composition, as well as in cathode surface area.

scholarly journals The Effect of Increasing Surface Area of Graphite Electrode on the Performance of Dual Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 137-140
Author(s):  
Pedy Artsanti ◽  
Sudarlin Sudarlin ◽  
Eka Fadzillah Kirana
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Graphite Electrode ◽  
Salt Bridge ◽  
Anode Chamber ◽  
Dual Chamber ◽  
Real Wastewater

The effect of increasing surface area of graphite electrode on the performance of dual chamber Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) was observed. The surface area of graphite electrode (anode and cathode) that was using in this experiment was 29.5cm2 and 44.5cm2 for the A and B reactor, respectively. The anode chamber contained mixed microorganism culture from real wastewater of textile industry and the cathode chamber contained 0.1M potassium permanganate electrolyte solution. The salt bridge was required to stabilize the charge between the anode and cathode chambers, and the electrodes attached to the anode and cathode chambers as the electron catcher. Both, the A and B reactor were observed for 72 hours of running time. The voltage and power density were found to increase with the increase in surface area of the graphite electrode. The highest power density was 93.93mWm-2 and 197.23mWm-2 that obtained at 36 hours and 48 hours on the A and B reactor, respectively. At the end of experiment, these MFCs system could also reduce COD by 28.6% and 15.6% on A and B reactor, respectively.

scholarly journals Enhanced Power Extraction with Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells by Anode Alternation

Fuels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-178
Author(s):  
Marzia Quaglio ◽  
Daniyal Ahmed ◽  
Giulia Massaglia ◽  
Adriano Sacco ◽  
Valentina Margaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Power Extraction ◽  
Harvesting Technique ◽  
Harvesting Method ◽  
Energy Harvesting Devices ◽  
Efficient Power

Sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) are energy harvesting devices where the anode is buried inside marine sediment, while the cathode stays in an aerobic environment on the surface of the water. To apply this SCMFC as a power source, it is crucial to have an efficient power management system, leading to development of an effective energy harvesting technique suitable for such biological devices. In this work, we demonstrate an effective method to improve power extraction with SMFCs based on anodes alternation. We have altered the setup of a traditional SMFC to include two anodes working with the same cathode. This setup is compared with a traditional setup (control) and a setup that undergoes intermittent energy harvesting, establishing the improvement of energy collection using the anodes alternation technique. Control SMFC produced an average power density of 6.3 mW/m2 and SMFC operating intermittently produced 8.1 mW/m2. On the other hand, SMFC operating using the anodes alternation technique produced an average power density of 23.5 mW/m2. These results indicate the utility of the proposed anodes alternation method over both the control and intermittent energy harvesting techniques. The Anode Alternation can also be viewed as an advancement of the intermittent energy harvesting method.

scholarly journals Packed anode derived from cocklebur fruit for improving long-term performance of microbial fuel cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuicui Yang ◽  
Mengjie Chen ◽  
Yijun Qian ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Min Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance

Long term testing of Microbial Fuel Cells: Comparison of different anode materials

2016 ◽  
Vol 219 ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hidalgo ◽  
T. Tommasi ◽  
K. Velayutham ◽  
B. Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Anode Materials

The effect of clogging on the long-term stability of different carbon fiber brushes in microbial fuel cells for brewery wastewater treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 100420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Brunschweiger ◽  
Emile Tabu Ojong ◽  
Jana Weisser ◽  
Christian Schwaferts ◽  
Martin Elsner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Carbon Fiber ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Brewery Wastewater ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability

Conductive polypyrrole hydrogels and carbon nanotubes composite as an anode for microbial fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (63) ◽  
pp. 50968-50974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinhua Tang ◽  
Haoran Li ◽  
Zhuwei Du ◽  
Weida Wang ◽  
How Yong Ng
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Electrocatalytic Activity ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Conductive Polypyrrole

Polypyrrole hydrogels/carbon nanotubes enhanced electrocatalytic activity, biocompatibility and power density in microbial fuel cells.

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