• 文献标题:   Building electrode with three-dimensional macroporous interface from biocompatible polypyrrole and conductive graphene nanosheets to achieve highly efficient microbial electrocatalysis
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG LM, YI GP, HOU YA, CHENG HY, LUO XB, PAVLOSTATHIS SG, LUO SL, WANG AJ
  • 作者关键词:   microbial electrocatalysi, electrode interface, graphene, polypyrrole, microbial colonization, electron transfer
  • 出版物名称:   BIOSENSORS BIOELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   0956-5663 EI 1873-4235
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanchang Hangkong Univ
  • 被引频次:   57
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.bios.2019.111444
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) possess a great potential for simultaneous wastewater treatment and energy recovery. Rational construction of electrode materials could significantly improve the BESs performance. Three-dimensional macroporous electrode interface with high conductivity is highly desirable but challenging. In this work, we report a hierarchically nanostructured reduced graphene oxide nanosheets-polypyrrole (rGO@PPy) electrode via one-step electrodeposition technique. The prepared electrode was comprehensively studied by scanning/transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and electrochemical measurements, which showed that the rGO@PPy possessed a three-dimensional macroporous interconnecting scaffold with superior conductivity. The rGO@PPy electrode was utilized in Geobacter sulfurreducens inoculated BESs, and the maximum current density was 4.10 +/- 0.02 mA cm(-2), which is 8-fold higher than that of a rGO electrode (0.51 +/- 0.03 mA cm(-2)), and is among the best performance reported for two-dimensional electrodes. The improved performance is ascribed to ultrahigh biomass concentration induced by "best match scale" between rGO@PPy and microbes, excellent extracellular electron transfer, as well as enhanced microbial affinity through the adequate exposure of biocompatible PPy layers. This work demonstrated a synergistic effect between rGO and PPy for the BESs performance improvement, and provided a new insight to design and fabricate a high-performance bioelectrode.