Effect of anode substrate on the performance of microbial fuel cells for dealing with the straw hydrolysate

WANG Mei-cong; LIU Ting-ting; ZHANG Xue-jun; WU Dan; FAN Li-ping

Volume 46 Issue 6

Jun. 2018

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WANG Mei-cong, LIU Ting-ting, ZHANG Xue-jun, WU Dan, FAN Li-ping. Effect of anode substrate on the performance of microbial fuel cells for dealing with the straw hydrolysate[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(6): 762-768.

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WANG Mei-cong, LIU Ting-ting, ZHANG Xue-jun, WU Dan, FAN Li-ping. Effect of anode substrate on the performance of microbial fuel cells for dealing with the straw hydrolysate[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(6): 762-768.

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WANG Mei-cong, LIU Ting-ting, ZHANG Xue-jun, WU Dan, FAN Li-ping. Effect of anode substrate on the performance of microbial fuel cells for dealing with the straw hydrolysate[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2018, 46(6): 762-768.

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Effect of anode substrate on the performance of microbial fuel cells for dealing with the straw hydrolysate

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College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
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College of Applied Chemistry, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41373127

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 41603001

the Program for Liaoning Excellent Talents in University of China LR2015052

General Project of the Education Department of Liaoning Province L2015428

The Fifth Regular Meeting of Science and Technology Cooperation Between China and Macedonia 5-5

Liaoning Natural Science Foundation of China 20170540724

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Corresponding author: WANG Mei-cong, Tel: 024-89386988, E-mail: hollyword@163.com, hollywang@syuct.edu.cn
Received Date: 2017-11-19
Rev Recd Date: 2018-04-18

Available Online: 2021-01-23

Publish Date: 2018-06-10

Abstract

Abstract

The effects of both the concentration of corn stalk hydrolysis solution and the volume of activated sludge as an anode substrate on the performance of the double chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) were investigated. The double chamber MFCs were built with K₃[Fe(CN)₆] as the catholyte. The results show that with the increase in the activated sludge volume from 1.5 to 6.0 mL, the electricity generation of MFCs increases gradually, but it decreases when the activated sludge volume reaches 7.5 mL. As the mass concentration of corn stalk hydrolysate is 0, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 g/L, the stable voltage of MFCs is 54, 157, 248, 208, 170 and 146 mV, respectively. The best performance of MFCs is obtained with the power density of 54.6 mW/m² and the internal resistance of 496 Ω as the activated sludge volume is 6 mL and the corn straw hydrolysate is 15 g/L. Moreover, the cyclic voltammetry curve (C-V) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) tests prove that the electrode process is controlled by both the charge transfer and the diffusion process, while the reaction process is controlled by the electron transfer.
- microbial fuel cell,
- straw hydrolysate,
- activated sludge,
- anode substrate

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