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Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell

Platinum (Pt) is the most efficient and common cathode catalyst that is being applied in fuel cell technology, especially in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, its high price makes its use uneconomical in MFCs. Even though there are some other types of new catalysts, their performance could not c...

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Main Authors: Halakoo, Elnaz, Khademi, Alireza, Ghasemi, Mostafa, Mohd. Yusof, Noordin, Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59434/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2015_ProductionofSustainableEnergybyCarbonNanotube.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.034
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spelling my.utm.594342022-04-05T05:02:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59434/ Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell Halakoo, Elnaz Khademi, Alireza Ghasemi, Mostafa Mohd. Yusof, Noordin Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi TP Chemical technology Platinum (Pt) is the most efficient and common cathode catalyst that is being applied in fuel cell technology, especially in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, its high price makes its use uneconomical in MFCs. Even though there are some other types of new catalysts, their performance could not compete with Pt. This is the main reason why scientists spend all their efforts to decrease the amount of Pt by making some composite of Pt for their use in MFCs thus making it viable and more economical. In this study, carbon nanotube-platinum (CNT/Pt) nanocomposite has been fabricated as a novel cathode catalyst in MFCs and its performance was compared with platinum in MFCs system. The CNT/Pt was synthesized by using the in situ method, and the performance is being compared in terms of power density generation in different concentration. The results have shown that CNT is a suitable support for catalyst in MFCs and CNT/Pt generally has better performance than Pt in MFCs. This can be due to better interaction with oxygen in the cathode chamber and high catalytic activity of CNT/Pt for oxygen reduction reaction. The potential of CNT/Pt nanocomposite in generating electricity from MFCs has been demonstrated and this can be a sustainable source of energy for the future. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59434/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2015_ProductionofSustainableEnergybyCarbonNanotube.pdf Halakoo, Elnaz and Khademi, Alireza and Ghasemi, Mostafa and Mohd. Yusof, Noordin and Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi (2015) Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell. In: 12th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, GCSM 2014, 22 - 24 September 2014, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2014.07.034
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Halakoo, Elnaz
Khademi, Alireza
Ghasemi, Mostafa
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
description Platinum (Pt) is the most efficient and common cathode catalyst that is being applied in fuel cell technology, especially in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). However, its high price makes its use uneconomical in MFCs. Even though there are some other types of new catalysts, their performance could not compete with Pt. This is the main reason why scientists spend all their efforts to decrease the amount of Pt by making some composite of Pt for their use in MFCs thus making it viable and more economical. In this study, carbon nanotube-platinum (CNT/Pt) nanocomposite has been fabricated as a novel cathode catalyst in MFCs and its performance was compared with platinum in MFCs system. The CNT/Pt was synthesized by using the in situ method, and the performance is being compared in terms of power density generation in different concentration. The results have shown that CNT is a suitable support for catalyst in MFCs and CNT/Pt generally has better performance than Pt in MFCs. This can be due to better interaction with oxygen in the cathode chamber and high catalytic activity of CNT/Pt for oxygen reduction reaction. The potential of CNT/Pt nanocomposite in generating electricity from MFCs has been demonstrated and this can be a sustainable source of energy for the future.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Halakoo, Elnaz
Khademi, Alireza
Ghasemi, Mostafa
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
author_facet Halakoo, Elnaz
Khademi, Alireza
Ghasemi, Mostafa
Mohd. Yusof, Noordin
Gohari, Rasoul Jamshidi
Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
author_sort Halakoo, Elnaz
title Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
title_short Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
title_full Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
title_fullStr Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
title_full_unstemmed Production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
title_sort production of sustainable energy by carbon nanotube/platinum catalyst in microbial fuel cell
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59434/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2015_ProductionofSustainableEnergybyCarbonNanotube.pdf
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