• 文献标题:   Modification of carbon felt anode with graphene oxide-zeolite composite for enhancing the performance of microbial fuel cell
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PAUL D, NOORI MT, RAJESH PP, GHANGREKAR MM, MITRA A
  • 作者关键词:   anode modification, cyclic voltammetry, graphene oxide, microbial fuel cell, zeolite
  • 出版物名称:   SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSMENTS
  • ISSN:   2213-1388 EI 2213-1396
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   13
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.seta.2017.10.001
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The present investigation explores the potentiality of porous tetrahedral zeolite clay composited with graphene oxide (GO) to be used as superior biocompatible anode material for microbial fuel cell (MFC). Anode base material carbon felt was modified either with GO-zeolite (GZMA) or only GO (GMA) and used as anode in the MFCs. Cyclic voltammetry analysis demonstrated oxidation peaks at -0.29 mV and +0.179 mV with respective peak current of 2.4 mA and 0.22 mA using GZMA. These currents were found to be much higher than the other two tested anodes viz. GMA and bare carbon felt anode. Power density and coulombic efficiency of 280.56 mW/m(2) and 44 +/- 2.8%, respectively, from MFC using GZMA were found to be 3.6 and 2.75-times higher as compared to MFC using bare carbon felt anode (77.82 mW/m(2) and 16.3 +/- 1.4%, respectively). High specific surface area of graphene oxide facilitated extensive support for zeolite capping and superior bacterial cell adhesion property of zeolite enhanced the anode bio-compatibility of GZMA, which resulted in considerable improved performance of MFC.