期刊
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 231, 期 -, 页码 115-124出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.033
关键词
Microbial Fuel Cells; Oxygen Reduction Reaction; PGM-free catalysts; Fe-AAPyr; High Power Generation
资金
- Bill AMP
- Melinda Gates Foundation [OPP1139954]
- Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the major factors that is limiting the overall performance output of microbial fuel cells (MFC). In this study, Platinum Group Metal-free (PGM-free) ORR catalysts based on Fe, Co, Ni, Mn and the same precursor (Aminoantipyrine, AAPyr) were synthesized using identical sacrificial support method (SSM). The catalysts were investigated for their electrochemical performance, and then integrated into an air-breathing cathode to be tested in clean environment and in a working microbial fuel cell (MFC). Their performances were also compared to activated carbon (AC) based cathode under similar conditions. Results showed that the addition of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni to AAPyr increased the performances compared to AC. Fe-AAPyr showed the highest open circuit potential (OCP) that was 0.307 +/- 0.001 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) and the highest electrocatalytic activity at pH 7.5. On the contrary, AC had an OCP of 0.203 + 0.002 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) and had the lowest electrochemical activity. In MFC, FeAAPyr also had the highest output of 251 +/- 2.3 mu Wcm(2), followed by Co-AAPyr with 196 +/- 1.5 mu Wcm (2), Ni-AAPyr with 171 +/- 3.6 mu Wcm (2), Mn-AAPyr with 160 +/- 2.8 mu Wcm (2) and AC 129 +/- 4.2 mu Wcm (2). The best performing catalyst (Fe-AAPyr) was then tested in MFC with increasing solution conductivity from 12.4 mScm (1) to 63.1 mScm (1). A maximum power density of 482 +/- 5 mu Wcm (2) was obtained with increasing solution conductivity, which is one of the highest values reported in the field. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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