Performance of an anion exchange membrane in association with cathodic parameters in a dual chamber microbial fuel cell

Soumya Pandit; Souparno Ghosh; M. M. Ghangrekar; Debabrata Das

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.011

Performance of an anion exchange membrane in association with cathodic parameters in a dual chamber microbial fuel cell

Soumya Pandit, Souparno Ghosh, M. M. Ghangrekar, Debabrata Das

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Performance of two-chambered microbial fuel cells (MFCs) using anion exchange membrane (AEM) was evaluated under batch mode with Shewanella putrefaciens in Luria broth. Maximum voltage and power density using Nafion and Ralex AEM were 0.676 V and 0.729 V and 39.2 ± 7.39 mW/m ² and 57.8 ± 5.509 mW/m ² respectively. Cathodic half cell potential was monitored along with cathodic pH and the results revealed that low power density was achieved in case of Nafion as compared to Ralex AEM mainly due to pH imbalance associated voltage losses using small external resistance of the same. Metabolite loss in AEM was found at higher current density which limits the Coulombic efficiency and power generation. A three parameters optimization showed that surface area of cathode had significant effect on the power generation. Effect of anode surface area, dissolve oxygen (DO) in catholyte and electrode spacing on power production were evaluated using AEM membrane.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9383-9392
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	37
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.03.011
State	Published - 1 Jun 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anion exchange membrane
Cathode half cell potential
Metabolite loss
Power density
pH imbalance

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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