• 文献标题:   One-step electrosynthesis of polypyrrole/graphene oxide composites for microbial fuel cell application
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LV ZS, CHEN YF, WEI HC, LI FS, HU Y, WEI CH, FENG CH
  • 作者关键词:   polypyrrole/graphene, anode modification, electropolymerization, microbial fuel cell, conductive polymer
  • 出版物名称:   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
  • ISSN:   0013-4686 EI 1873-3859
  • 通讯作者地址:   S China Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   79
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.022
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

One-step electrosynthesis of polypyrrole (PPy)/graphene oxide (GO) composites on the graphite felt (GF) electrode was achieved by electropolymerization of pyrrole while using GO as the anionic dopant. The resulting PPy/GO composites were uniformly coated on the GF surface, with increased surface area, electronic conductivity, biocompatibility and stability as compared to PPy alone or graphene alone-modified GF electrode. The dual-chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) equipped with the PPy/GO modified GF anode showed the maximum power density of 1326 mW m(-2) (obtained from linear sweep voltammetry at a scan rate of 0.5 my s(-1)), which was significantly larger than that associated with the unmodified GF anode (166 mW m(-2)), the electrochemically reduced GO-modified GF anode (318 mW m(-2)), the chemically reduced GO-modified GF anode (924 mW m(-2)), and the PPy-modified GF anode (1100 mW m(-2)). After 120 cycles of lactate feeding, the PPy/GO-GF anode exhibited good stability without noticeable performance degradation, but performance degradation was observed for the anodes modified with PPy alone or graphene alone. These results demonstrate that the PPy/GO composites, synthesized via the simple and facile electropolymerization approach, are effective anode modifying materials for improving electricity generation as well as long-term stability of MFCs. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.