Influence of Micropore and Mesoporous in Activated Carbon Air-cathode Catalysts on Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Liu ◽  
Kexun Li ◽  
Baochao Ge ◽  
Liangtao Pu ◽  
Ziqi Liu
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Cathode Catalysts

The high-performance and mechanism of P-doped activated carbon as a catalyst for air-cathode microbial fuel cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (42) ◽  
pp. 21149-21158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunting Liu ◽  
Kexun Li ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Liangtao Pu ◽  
Zhihao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Active Catalyst ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Performance And Mechanism

We report phosphorus (P)-doped activated carbon (AC) as a highly active catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs).

Non-precious metal doped carbon nanofiber air-cathode for Microbial Fuel Cells application: Oxygen reduction reaction characterization and long-term validation

2017 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 380-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pau Bosch-Jimenez ◽  
Sandra Martinez-Crespiera ◽  
David Amantia ◽  
Mónica Della Pirriera ◽  
Isabel Forns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Precious Metal ◽  
Carbon Nanofiber ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
Metal Doped

scholarly journals Nanostructured gas diffusion layer to improve direct oxygen reduction reaction in Air-Cathode Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells

2022 ◽  
Vol 334 ◽  
pp. 04012
Author(s):  
Giulia Massaglia ◽  
Eve Verpoorten ◽  
Candido F. Pirri ◽  
Marzia Quaglio
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Diffusion ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Gas Diffusion ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Air Cathode ◽  
The One

The aim of this work is the development of new nanostructured-gas-diffusion-layer (GDL) to improve the overall behaviour of Air-Cathode Single-Chamber-Microbial-Fuel-Cells (SCMFCs). The design of new nanostructured-GDL allowed exploiting all nanofibers ’intrinsic properties, such as high surface ratio to volume, high porosity, achieving thus a good oxygen diffusion into the proximity of catalyst layer, favouring thus the direct oxygen-reduction-reaction (ORR). Nanostructured-GDLs were prepared by electrospinning process, using a layer-by-layer deposition to collect 2 nanofibers’ mats. The first layer was made of cellulose nanofibers able to promote oxygen diffusion into SCMFC. The second layer, placed outwards, was based on polyvinyl-fluoride (PVDF) nanofibers to prevent the electrolyte leakage. This nanostructured-GDL plays a pivotal role to improve the overall performance of Air-Cathode-SCMFCs. A maximum current density of 20 mA m-2 was obtained, which is higher than the one reached with commercial-GDL, used as reference material. All results were analysed in terms of energy recovery parameter, defined as ratio of generated power integral and the internal volume of devices, evaluating the overall SCMFC performance. SCMFCs with a nanostructured-GDL showed an energy recovery equal to 60.83 mJ m-3, which was one order of magnitude higher than the one obtained with commercial-GDL, close to 3.92 mJ m-3.

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