TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors affecting the performance of microbial fuel cells for sulfur pollutants removal
AU - Zhao, Feng
AU - Rahunen, Nelli
AU - Varcoe, John R.
AU - Roberts, Alexander J.
AU - Avignone-Rossa, Claudio
AU - Thumser, Alfred E.
AU - Slade, Robert C.T.
PY - 2009/3/15
Y1 - 2009/3/15
N2 - A microbial fuel cell (MFC) has been developed for removal of sulfur-based pollutants and can be used for simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation. This fuel cell uses an activated carbon cloth + carbon fibre veil composite anode, air-breathing dual cathodes and the sulfate-reducing species Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. 1.16 g dm-3 sulfite and 0.97 g dm-3 thiosulfate were removed from the wastewater at 22 °C, representing sulfite and thiosulfate removal conversions of 91% and 86%, respectively. The anode potential was controlled by the concentration of sulfide in the compartment. The performance of the cathode assembly was affected by the concentration of protons in the cation-exchanging ionomer with which the electrocatalyst is co-bound at the three-phase (air, catalyst and support) boundary. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - A microbial fuel cell (MFC) has been developed for removal of sulfur-based pollutants and can be used for simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation. This fuel cell uses an activated carbon cloth + carbon fibre veil composite anode, air-breathing dual cathodes and the sulfate-reducing species Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. 1.16 g dm-3 sulfite and 0.97 g dm-3 thiosulfate were removed from the wastewater at 22 °C, representing sulfite and thiosulfate removal conversions of 91% and 86%, respectively. The anode potential was controlled by the concentration of sulfide in the compartment. The performance of the cathode assembly was affected by the concentration of protons in the cation-exchanging ionomer with which the electrocatalyst is co-bound at the three-phase (air, catalyst and support) boundary. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Anode
KW - Bacteria
KW - Cathode
KW - Microbial fuel cell
KW - Sulfur pollutants
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/factors-affecting-performance-microbial-fuel-cells-sulfur-pollutants-removal
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/60349120436
U2 - 10.1016/j.bios.2008.09.030
DO - 10.1016/j.bios.2008.09.030
M3 - Article
SN - 0956-5663
VL - 24
SP - 1931
EP - 1936
JO - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
JF - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
IS - 7
ER -