Evaluation of Microbial Fuel Cells with Graphite Plus MnO2 and MoS2 Paints As Oxygen Reduction Cathode Catalyst

2016 ◽  
Vol 164 (3) ◽  
pp. H3083-H3090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bolong Jiang ◽  
Thorben Muddemann ◽  
Ulrich Kunz ◽  
Hinnerk Bormann ◽  
Michael Niedermeiser ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (24) ◽  
pp. 14669-14677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leiyu Feng ◽  
Xutao Chen ◽  
Yue Cao ◽  
Yunzhi Chen ◽  
Feng Wang ◽  
...  

Pyridinic and pyrrolic nitrogen-rich, ordered mesoporous carbon was used as the cathode catalyst in MFCs and showed excellent power generation capabilities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (11) ◽  
pp. 1043-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bolong Jiang ◽  
Thorben Muddemann ◽  
Ulrich Kunz ◽  
Hinnerk Bormann ◽  
Michael Niedermeiser ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 1610-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanan Wu ◽  
Min Lu ◽  
Lin Guo ◽  
Leonard Guan Hong Bay ◽  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
...  

Polyelectrolyte–single wall carbon nanotube (SCNT) composites are prepared by a solution-based method and used as metal-free cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in air-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs). In this study, two types of polyelectrolytes, polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDDA) and poly[bis(2-chloroethyl)ether-alt-1,3-bis[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]urea] (PEPU) are applied to decorate the SCNTs and the resulting catalysts exhibit remarkable catalytic ability toward ORR in MFC applications. The enhanced catalytic ability could be attributed to the positively charged quaternary ammonium sites of polyelectrolytes, which increase the oxygen affinity of SCNTs and reduce activation energy in the oxygen reduction process. It is also found that PEPU–SCNT composite-based MFCs show efficient performance with maximum power density of 270.1 mW m−2, comparable to MFCs with the benchmark Pt/C catalyst (375.3 mW m−2), while PDDA–SCNT composite-based MFCs produce 188.9 mW m−2. These results indicate that PEPU–SCNT and PDDA–SCNT catalysts are promising candidates as metal-free cathode catalysts for ORR in MFCs and could facilitate MFC scaling up and commercialization.


2017 ◽  
Vol 164 (14) ◽  
pp. E519-E524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bolong Jiang ◽  
Thorben Muddemann ◽  
Ulrich Kunz ◽  
Leandro Gomes Silva e Silva ◽  
Hinnerk Bormann ◽  
...  

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