Development of a Bioanode for Microbial Fuel Cells Based on the Combination of a MWCNT-Au-Pt Hybrid Nanomaterial, an Osmium Redox Polymer and Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 2343 Cells

Sema Aslan, Peter Ó Conghaile, Dónal Leech, Lo Gorton, Suna Timur, Ulku Anik

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Abstract

In this work, a carbon felt electrode (CFE) was modified with a multiwalled carbon nanotube-gold-platinum (MWCNT-Au-Pt) hybrid nanomaterial and integrated with an osmium redox polymer (OsRP, [Os(2, 2’-bipyridine)2(poly-vinylimidazole)10Cl]Cl) and Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 2343 (G. oxydans) cells. The developed electrode was used as the bioanode in a 5.0 mM K3Fe(CN)6mediator containing phosphate buffer (pH 6.5) anolyte and combined with a Pt wire cathode in phosphoric acid medium (pH 3.5). As a result, a two chamber microbial fuel cell (MFC) was formed, in which an activated Nafion membrane was used as a proton exchange membrane. The OsRP/G.oxydans/MWCNT-Au-Pt/CFE based bioanode was electrochemically examined in differently deoxygenated bioanode chambers and additionally the amounts of hybrid nanomaterial and OsRP were optimized. In terms of MFC characteristics, it was found that an anaerobic OsRP/G.oxydans/MWCNT-Au-Pt/CFE bioanode based MFC had a maximum power density of 32.1 mW m-2(at 90 mV), a maximum current density of 1032 mA m-2and a charge transfer efficiency (E%) value of 22.30 (open circuit potential 180 mV).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12034-12040
Number of pages7
JournalChemistrySelect
Volume2
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Bioenergy

Free keywords

  • Gluconobacter oxydans
  • hybrid nanomaterial microbial fuel cells
  • osmium redox polymer

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