Effect of composites based nickel foam anode in microbial fuel cell using Acetobacter aceti and Gluconobacter roseus as a biocatalysts

Rengasamy Karthikeyan; Navanietha Krishnaraj; Ammaiyappan Selvam; Jonathan W C WONG; Patrick K.H. Lee; Michael K.H. Leung; Sheela Berchmans

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.114

Effect of composites based nickel foam anode in microbial fuel cell using Acetobacter aceti and Gluconobacter roseus as a biocatalysts

Rengasamy Karthikeyan^*, Navanietha Krishnaraj, Ammaiyappan Selvam, Jonathan W C WONG, Patrick K.H. Lee, Michael K.H. Leung, Sheela Berchmans

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This study explores the use of materials such as chitosan (chit), polyaniline (PANI) and titanium carbide (TC) as anode materials for microbial fuel cells. Nickel foam (NF) was used as the base anode substrate. Four different types of anodes (NF, NF/PANI, NF/PANI/TC, NF/PANI/TC/Chit) are thus prepared and used in batch type microbial fuel cells operated with a mixed consortium of Acetobacter aceti and Gluconobacter roseus as the biocatalysts and bad wine as a feedstock. A maximum power density of 18.8 W m⁻³ (≈2.3 times higher than NF) was obtained in the case of the anode modified with a composite of PANI/TC/Chit. The MFCs running under a constant external resistance of (50 Ω) yielded 14.7% coulombic efficiency with a maximum chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal of 87–93%. The overall results suggest that the catalytic materials embedded in the chitosan matrix show the best performance and have potentials for further development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-120
Number of pages	8
Journal	Bioresource Technology
Volume	217
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.02.114
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016

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Waste Management and Disposal

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Microbial fuel cell
Polyaniline
Titanium carbide
Wine

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