Direct electricity production from subaqueous wetland sediments and banana peels using membrane-less microbial fuel cells
| Autor: | Alex T. Chow, Ershu Lin, Yunlong Yang, Shuqian Sun, Huan Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
chemistry.chemical_classification Microbial fuel cell genetic structures 010405 organic chemistry Microorganism food and beverages Banana peel Raw material Pulp and paper industry 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Membrane chemistry Organic matter Fermentation Agronomy and Crop Science Sodium acetate 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Industrial Crops and Products. 128:70-79 |
| ISSN: | 0926-6690 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.10.070 |
| Popis: | Subaqueous wetland sediments (SWSs) and banana peels (BPs), respectively used as anaerobic inoculums and raw materials, were valorized for electricity generation in membrane-less and biocathode-containing microbial fuel cells (MLBC-MFCs). The maximum current density was 78.2 mA/m2 for banana peel extracts (BPE) and 91.3 mA/m2 for anaerobically fermented banana peel extracts (ABPE). The polarization data indicated that Ohmic resistances were high that were 3.5, 4.2 and 9.3 kΩ when MLBC-MFCs were fed with ABPE, BPE and sodium acetate (SA), respectively. The ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy coupled with three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy was used to explore the mechanisms of generating electricity. Results showed that SWSs provided functional microorganisms and a source of organic matter, while BPs were more helpful for the growth of microorganisms than SA and the microorganisms attached on the cathode primarily functioned as biocatalysts. Overall, this study highlights the simplicity and scalability of MLBC-MFCs equipped with SWSs and BPs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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