Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 361, Issue -, Pages 615-624Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.12.116
Keywords
Microbial fuel cells; Graphene; Hydrogel; Biocompatible anode; Bioenergy
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China, China [51603235, 51673219]
- Scientific and Technological Program of Guangdong Province, China [2017A010103008]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2018B030311017]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China
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In this study, a reduced graphene oxide/polyacrylamide (rGO/PAM) three-dimensional (3D) composite hydrogel coupled with current collector graphite brush (GB) was developed as anode for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The rGO/PAM was fabricated through in-situ polymerization of acrylamide in graphene oxide dispersion, followed by reduction with ascorbic acid. The resulting macro-porous scaffold with high surface area and biocompatibility was benefit for both mass diffusion of the culture medium, microbial colonization and electron mediators. As a result, the GB/rGO/PAM anode produces a remarkably high maximum power density and volumetric power density of 758mWm(-2) and 53Wm(-3) at the stable state of power generation, respectively. Moreover, the orientated rGO/PAM (O-rGO/PAM) with higher conductivity could further improve the maximum power density of MFCs, achieving 782mWm(-2). The above results are substantially higher than those of traditional GB, plain carbon cloth (CC), and the control GB/GO/PAM and CC/rGO/PAM based electrodes measured under the same conditions. The new 3D composite hydrogel electrode shows great promise for improving the power generation of MFCs devices.
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