期刊
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
卷 102, 期 1, 页码 298-303出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.129
关键词
Biofouling; Coulombic efficiency (CE); Membrane electrical resistance (MER); Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Transport number
资金
- Ministry of Environment
- Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of the Korean government [07SeaHero-A01-01]
This study examines the effects of biofouling on the electrochemical properties of cation exchange membranes (CEMs), such as membrane electrical resistance (MER), specific proton conductivity (SC), and ion transport number (t(+)), in addition to on microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance. CEM biofouling using a 15.5 +/- 4.6 mu m biofilm was found to slightly increase the MER from 15.65 Omega cm(2) (fresh Nafion) to 19.1 Omega cm(2), whereas an increase of almost two times was achieved when the electrolyte was changed from deionized water to an anolyte containing a high cation concentration supporting bacterial growth. The simple physical cleaning of CEMs had little effect on the Coulombic efficiency (CE), whereas replacing a biofouled CEM with new one resulted in considerable increase of up to 59.3%, compared to 45.1% for a biofouled membrane. These results clearly suggest the internal resistance increase of MFC was mainly caused by the sulfonate functional groups of CEM being occupied with cations contained in the anolyte, rather than biofouling itself. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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