Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell

This paper presents the study on simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment by using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). A non-precious catalyst which is α-MnO2 was synthesized to be used for air cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) in order to replace the conventional use...

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Main Authors: Chee, Wai Woon, Jia, Han Lim, Huei, Ruey Ong, Khan, Maksudur R.
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description This paper presents the study on simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment by using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). A non-precious catalyst which is α-MnO2 was synthesized to be used for air cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) in order to replace the conventional used catalyst, platinum (Pt). The as-prepared α-MnO2 was characterized through XRD, FESEM and EDS in order to examine its crystal structure, morphology and chemical composition. The results obtained indicated that the as prepared α-MnO2 matched the XRD pattern, nanoneedles shape with large surface area, high purity. The air-cathode single chamber MFC was set up in order to treat POME and generate power simultaneously catalyzed by α-MnO2. Different catalyst loadings were coated on the air cathode in order to study the effect of catalyst loading on the performance of the MFC based on the power generated and also the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency from POME. The result obtained shows that higher catalyst loading give better performance to the MFC by generated higher power as well as higher COD removal efficiency. The maximum power density generated was 671.98 mW/m3. The prepared α-MnO2 may be useful and ready to replace the non-precious catalyst Pt for higher performance on the MFC for future study.
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spelling my.ump.umpir.61782017-08-17T03:04:40Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6178/ Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell Chee, Wai Woon Jia, Han Lim Huei, Ruey Ong Khan, Maksudur R. TP Chemical technology This paper presents the study on simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment by using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC). A non-precious catalyst which is α-MnO2 was synthesized to be used for air cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC) in order to replace the conventional used catalyst, platinum (Pt). The as-prepared α-MnO2 was characterized through XRD, FESEM and EDS in order to examine its crystal structure, morphology and chemical composition. The results obtained indicated that the as prepared α-MnO2 matched the XRD pattern, nanoneedles shape with large surface area, high purity. The air-cathode single chamber MFC was set up in order to treat POME and generate power simultaneously catalyzed by α-MnO2. Different catalyst loadings were coated on the air cathode in order to study the effect of catalyst loading on the performance of the MFC based on the power generated and also the chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency from POME. The result obtained shows that higher catalyst loading give better performance to the MFC by generated higher power as well as higher COD removal efficiency. The maximum power density generated was 671.98 mW/m3. The prepared α-MnO2 may be useful and ready to replace the non-precious catalyst Pt for higher performance on the MFC for future study. Academic Research Online Publisher 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6178/1/Simultaneous%20Power%20Generation%20and%20Wastewater%20Treatment%20by%20Using%20Air-Cathode%20Single%20Chamber%20Microbial%20Fuel%20Cell.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6178/7/Simultaneous%20Power%20Generation%20and%20Wastewater%20Treatment%20by%20Using%20Air-Cathode%20Single%20Chamber%20Microbial%20Fuel%20Cell.pdf Chee, Wai Woon and Jia, Han Lim and Huei, Ruey Ong and Khan, Maksudur R. (2015) Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell. International Journal of Material Science Innovations (IJMSI), 3 (1). pp. 33-41. ISSN 2289-4063. (Published) http://www.aropub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Chemical-NCON-PGR-E02-015-CR.pdf
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Chee, Wai Woon
Jia, Han Lim
Huei, Ruey Ong
Khan, Maksudur R.
Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title_fullStr Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title_short Simultaneous Power Generation and Wastewater Treatment by Using Air-Cathode Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell
title_sort simultaneous power generation and wastewater treatment by using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6178/1/Simultaneous%20Power%20Generation%20and%20Wastewater%20Treatment%20by%20Using%20Air-Cathode%20Single%20Chamber%20Microbial%20Fuel%20Cell.pdf
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