Novel Strontium/Iron Bimetallic Carbon Composites as Synergistic Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henghui You ◽  
Huihui Shi ◽  
Samuel Raj Babu Arulmani ◽  
Han Li ◽  
Kengqiang Zhong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Carbon Composites

MnxOy- based cathodes for oxygen reduction reaction catalysis in microbial fuel cells

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 4432-4441 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chiodoni ◽  
G.P. Salvador ◽  
G. Massaglia ◽  
L. Delmondo ◽  
J.A. Muñoz-Tabares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Reduction Reaction

scholarly journals Metallic Organic Framework-Derived Fe, N, S co-doped Carbon as a Robust Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 3846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Luo ◽  
Wuli Han ◽  
Han Ren ◽  
Qingzuo Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Alkaline Media ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Co Doped ◽  
Organic Framework

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides a vital role for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) due to its slow reaction kinetics compared with the anodic oxidation reaction. How to develop new materials with low cost, high efficacy, and eco-friendliness which could replace platinum-based electrocatalysis is a challenge that we have to resolve. In this work, we accomplished this successfully by means of a facile strategy to synthesize a metallic organic framework-derived Fe, N, S co-doped carbon with FeS as the main phase. The Fe/S@N/C-0.5 catalyst demonstrated outstandingly enhanced ORR activity in neutral PBS and alkaline media, compared to that of commercial 20% Pt-C catalyst. Here, we started-up and operated two parallel single-chamber microbial fuel cells of an air cathode, and those cathode catalysts were Fe/S@N/C-0.5 and commercial Pt-C (20% Pt), respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) elaborated that the Fe/S@N/C-0.5 composite did not change the polyhedron morphology of ZIF-8. According to X-ray diffractometry(XRD) curves, the main crystal phase of the resulted Fe/S@N/C-0.5 was FeS. The chemical environment of N, S, and Fe which are anticipated to be the high-efficiency active sites of ORR for MFCs were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic(XPS). Nitrogen adsorption/desorption techniques were used to calculate the pore diameter distribution. In brief, the obtained Fe/S@N/C-0.5 material exhibited a pronounced reduction potential at 0.861 V (versus Reversible Hydrogen Electrode(RHE)) in 0.1M KOH solution and –0.03 V (vs. SCE) in the PBS solution, which both outperform the benchmark platinum-based catalysts. Fe/S@N/C-0.5-MFC had a higher Open Circuit Voltage(OCV) (0.71 V), stronger maximum power density (1196 mW/m2), and larger output voltage (0.47 V) than the Pt/C-MFC under the same conditions.

scholarly journals Microbial Catalysis of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Microbial Fuel Cells: A Review

ChemSusChem ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 975-987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Erable ◽  
Damien Féron ◽  
Alain Bergel
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Microbial Catalysis

Iron chelates as low-cost and effective electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 6462-6469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh-Toan Nguyen ◽  
Barbara Mecheri ◽  
Alessandra D'Epifanio ◽  
Tommy Pepè Sciarria ◽  
Fabrizio Adani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Iron Chelates

scholarly journals Iron based catalysts from novel low-cost organic precursors for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction in neutral media microbial fuel cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2346-2353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Santoro ◽  
Alexey Serov ◽  
Lydia Stariha ◽  
Mounika Kodali ◽  
Jonathan Gordon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Neutral Media ◽  
Organic Precursors ◽  
Iron Based ◽  
Iron Based Catalysts

Fe-based catalysts based on ricobendazole and niclosamide showed higher performance compared to Pt (20–25%) and AC (90–99%) and more durability in long terms operations.

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