scholarly journals Preliminary Study of the Use of Sulphonated Polyether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) as Proton Exchange Membrane for Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dani Permana ◽  
Herlian Eriska Putra ◽  
Djaenudin Djaenudin

Sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) was utilized as a proton exchange membrane (PEM) in Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). The SPEEK performance in producing electricity had been observed in MFC using wastewater and glucose as substrates. The MFC with catering and tofu wastewater produced maximum power density about 0.31 mW/m2 and 0.03 mW/m2, respectively, lower that of MFC with tapioca average power density of 39.4 W/m2 over 48 h. The power density boosted because of the presence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as inoculum. The study using of S. cerevisiae and Acetobacter acetii, separately, were also conducted in with glucose as substrate. The MFC produced an average power densities were 7.3 and 6.4 mW/m2 for S. cerevisiae and A. acetii, respectively. The results of this study indicated that SPEEK membrane has the potential usage in MFCs and can substitute the commercial membrane, Nafion.Article History: Received: Juni 14th 2017; Received: Sept 25th 2017; Accepted: December 16th 2017; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Putra, H.E., Permana, D and Djaenudin, D. (2018) Preliminary Study of the Use of Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) as Proton Exchange Membrane for Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 7(1), 7-12.https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.7.1.7-12

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 9327-9335
Author(s):  
Preeti Waribam ◽  
Kanticha Jaiyen ◽  
Chanatip Samart ◽  
Makoto Ogawa ◽  
Guoqing Guan ◽  
...  

A cross-linked sulfonated polyether ether ketone (C-SPEEK) was incorporated with MXene/potassium titanate nanowire (MKT-NW) as a filler and applied as a proton exchange membrane for photocatalytic water splitting.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (32) ◽  
pp. 13788-13795
Author(s):  
Fuqiang Hu ◽  
Tsen Wen-Chin ◽  
Fei Zhong ◽  
Bingqing Zhang ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
...  

Carboxylic-containing zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF-COOH) showed an obvious improvement in the performance of sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK)-based proton exchange membranes.


Author(s):  
B. S. Shilpa ◽  
H. S. Dayananda ◽  
P. Girish ◽  
K. Arun Kumar ◽  
T. C. Bhoomika

The current climate change threat by green house gas emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels has necessitated a search for alternative non-polluting, reliable, renewable and sustainable sources of energy such as solar energy and it’s derivatives. The present work focuses on power generation by Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell using Phragmitesaustralis (Reed plant). The plants were grown in fuel-cell, graphite as anode and carbon felt as cathode, separated by proton-exchange-membrane. During anaerobic microbial metabolism of carbohydrates in the roots, protons and electrons are released, the electrons are donated to the anode by the microbes. These electrons can be channeled through a circuit bearing a load to the cathode. In this work, carbon granules as substratum (control), red soil and carbon granules mixture (30:70) as substratum in varied condition was considered. For control substratum, the max.voltage measured was 0.327 V and power density of 2.06x10-3 mW m-2 was obtained. When red soil mixed with carbon granules in the ratio 30:70, the voltage measured was 0.6 V and the power density was found to be 3.78x10-3 mW m-2. When graded red soil (0.0018 m) mixed with carbon granules in the ratio 30:70, the voltage measured was 0.623 V and the power density was found to be 3.98x10-3 mW m-2. The result proves that the plant microbial fuel cell can be used for generating electricity and is a promising renewable energy technology.


2014 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao Jie Lu ◽  
Xu Liu ◽  
Zi Qing Cai ◽  
Xiao Yu Meng ◽  
Qiong Zhou ◽  
...  

The montmorillonite (MMT)/multi walled carbon nanotube (MCNTs)/sulfonated polyether ether ketone (sPEEK) nanocomposite membrane were prepared by a method of solution casting for fuel cells application.The MMT and MCNTs were modified with sodium sulfanilateand poly (styrene sulfonic acid) (PSSA), respectively. The proton conductivity of theas-prepared membranes containing 0.5wt.% PSSA grafted MCNTs (PSS-g-MCNTs) and 0.5wt.% sulfonatedmontmorillonite (sMMT) increased by 0.013 Scm−1compared to the plain sPEEK.The tensile strength and yield strength of which increased by 34.37MPa and 34.20MPa relative to the 1.0 wt.% PSS-g-MCNTs loaded sPEEK, which indicated that PSS-g-MCNTs and sMMT may generate a proton conducting cocontinuous networkwithin the SPEEK matrix.


Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 444
Author(s):  
Aritro Banerjee ◽  
Rajnish Kaur Calay ◽  
Fasil Ejigu Eregno

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are an emerging technology for wastewater treatment that utilizes the metabolism of microorganisms to generate electricity from the organic matter present in water directly. The principle of MFC is the same as hydrogen fuel cell and has three main components (i.e., anode, cathode, and proton exchange membrane). The membrane separates the anode and cathode chambers and keeps the anaerobic and aerobic conditions in the two chambers, respectively. This review paper describes the state-of-the-art membrane materials particularly suited for MFC and discusses the recent development to obtain robust, sustainable, and cost-effective membranes. Nafion 117, Flemion, and Hyflon are the typical commercially available membranes used in MFC. Use of non-fluorinated polymeric membrane materials such as sulfonated silicon dioxide (S-SiO2) in sulfonated polystyrene ethylene butylene polystyrene (SSEBS), sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) and graphene oxide sulfonated polyether ether ketone (GO/SPEEK) membranes showed promising output and proved to be an alternative material to Nafion 117. There are many challenges to selecting a suitable membrane for a scaled-up MFC system so that the technology become technically and economically viable.


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