scholarly journals Role and Important Properties of a Membrane with Its Recent Advancement in a Microbial Fuel Cell

Energies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 444
Author(s):  
Aritro Banerjee ◽  
Rajnish Kaur Calay ◽  
Fasil Ejigu Eregno
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cells ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Polymeric Membrane ◽  
Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽  
Membrane Materials ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Ether Ketone

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.

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
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Microbial Fuel Cell ◽  
Power Density ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Exchange Membrane

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

scholarly journals MXene potassium titanate nanowire/sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) hybrid composite proton exchange membrane for photocatalytic water splitting

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 9327-9335
Author(s):  
Preeti Waribam ◽  
Kanticha Jaiyen ◽  
Chanatip Samart ◽  
Makoto Ogawa ◽  
Guoqing Guan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Splitting ◽  
Hybrid Composite ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Photocatalytic Water Splitting ◽  
Potassium Titanate ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Exchange Membrane

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.

Enhanced properties of sulfonated polyether ether ketone proton exchange membrane by incorporating carboxylic-contained zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (32) ◽  
pp. 13788-13795
Author(s):  
Fuqiang Hu ◽  
Tsen Wen-Chin ◽  
Fei Zhong ◽  
Bingqing Zhang ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange Membranes ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Enhanced Properties ◽  
Exchange Membrane

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

Performances of Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone Composite Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 1460016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Ma ◽  
Dongyun Su ◽  
Hongjun Ni ◽  
Mingyu Huang ◽  
Xingxing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Composite Membranes ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Methanol Permeability ◽  
Ion Exchange Capacity ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Fuel Cell Application ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Ether Ketone

A variety of modification approaches such as cross-linking and nano blending have been explored to prepare efficient membranes based on Sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK). The addition filler is also one of the most widely used approaches to modify the SPEEK. The crosslinked membranes were utilized as proton exchange membranes (PEM) for fuel cell application. The performances of these composite membranes were comparative researched in terms of water uptake, ion exchange capacity, proton conductivity, and methanol permeability.While the nanohybrid membranes display remarkably enhanced proton conduction property due to the incorporation of additional sites for proton transport and the formation of well-connected channels by bridging the hydrophilic domains in SPEEK matrix. The as-prepared nanohybrid membranes also show elevated thermal and mechanical stabilities as well as decreased methanol permeability.

The MMT/MCNTs/sPEEK Nanocomposite Membrane for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

2014 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shao Jie Lu ◽  
Xu Liu ◽  
Zi Qing Cai ◽  
Xiao Yu Meng ◽  
Qiong Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Proton Exchange Membrane ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Nanocomposite Membrane ◽  
Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Multi Walled Carbon Nanotube ◽  
Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone ◽  
Method Of Solution ◽  
Ether Ketone ◽  
Exchange Membrane

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.

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