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High electricity generation and wastewater treatment enhancement using a microbial fuel cell equipped with conductive and anti-biofouling CuGNSs/ SPES proton exchange membrane

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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
卷 294, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117559

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Biosynthesis; Cu-Graphene nanosheets; Proton exchange membrane; Microbial fuel cell; Anti-biofouling; Wastewater

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This study examined the use of biosynthesized Cu-Graphene nanosheets in a sulfonated polyethersulfone matrix to fabricate an anti-biofouling proton exchange membrane for microbial fuel cells. The results showed that the presence of Cu, graphene, and biofunctionalities in the membrane's structure improved its hydrophilicity, proton selectivity, and anti-biofouling resistance, leading to higher power generation and better wastewater treatment in the MFC. The modified membranes also exhibited excellent antibacterial activity and were effective in removing organic contaminants from the wastewater.
This research is the first to examine the use of biosynthesized Cu-Graphene nanosheets (CuGNSs) in a sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) matrix to fabricate an anti-biofouling proton exchange membrane (PEM) applied in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) for high power generation and treatment of ostrich skin tanning wastewater. The study involved fabricating CuGNSs/SPES membranes using a phase inversion method with different CuGNSs loadings (0.25, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 wt%), and characterizing them using several techniques, including FTIR, XRD, SEM, EDS, XPS, water uptake, cation exchange capacity, zeta potential, oxygen penetration, and antibacterial activity. The results showed that the presence of Cu, graphene, and biofunctionalities in the membrane's structure increased their hydrophilicity, proton selectivity, and anti-biofouling resistance, thereby improving the MFC's performance. The MFC using CuGNSs(2.0)/SPES generated a maximum power and current density of 84.1 mW/m(2) and 320 mA/m(2), respectively, which was twice higher than the MFC using Nafion117. The result was also confirmed by the proton conductivity and cation exchange capacity analysis, as the CuGNSs(2.0)/SPES showed a value of 1.84 mS/cm and 0.98 meq/g respectively, which was higher than Nafion117 (1.28 mS/cm and 0.83 meq/g). The modified membranes also exhibited a higher COD removal of ostrich tanning effluent (maximum 97.72%) and coulombic efficiency (maximum 43.29%), as well as maximum antibacterial activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria (>95%). The study suggests that the new CuGNSs/SPES membranes can be effectively used in dual-chamber MFCs.

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