Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages 395-398Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.063
Keywords
Microbial fuel cell; Anode treatment; Bacterial adhesion; Diazonium functionalization
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CBET-08,03,137]
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology [KUS-11-003-I3]
- National Creative Research Groups of China [50821002]
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Carbon cloth anodes were modified with 4(N,N-dimethylamino)benzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate to increase nitrogen-containing functional groups at the anode surface in order to test whether the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) could be improved by controllably modifying the anode surface chemistry. Anodes with the lowest extent of functionalization, based on a nitrogen/carbon ratio of 0.7 as measured by XPS, achieved the highest power density of 938 mW/m(2). This power density was 24% greater than an untreated anode, and similar to that obtained with an ammonia gas treatment previously shown to increase power. Increasing the nitrogen/carbon ratio to 3.8, however, decreased the power density to 707 mW/m(2). These results demonstrate that a small amount of nitrogen functionalization on the carbon cloth material is sufficient to enhance MFC performance, likely as a result of promoting bacterial adhesion to the surface without adversely affecting microbial viability or electron transfer to the surface. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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