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EnglishThis paper focuses on the long term operation and testing of three Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) having three different anode materials: commercial carbon felt (C-FELT), polyaniline-deposited carbon felt (C-PANI) and carbon-coated Berl saddles (C-SADDLES). A mixed consortium from seawater was used as inoculum and acetate was used as substrate. Tests were conducted for four months under 1000 X external load. The maximum power generation was obtained by C-SADDLES (102 mWm2) followed by C-FELT and C-PANI, respectively. A similar trend was obtained with the evaluation of electrical energy produced: C-SADDLES (2222 J), C-PANI (2183 J) and C-FELT (2114 J). However, the performance of C-PANI decreased over time, most evidently due to degradation or deactivation of deposited polyaniline by the microorganisms’ activity. These results provide evidence that the three-dimensional structure, C-SADDLES, offers excellent biocompatibility, high specific surface area, high conductivity and most importantly these properties are maintained for a long period of time.
Long term testing of Microbial Fuel Cells: Comparison of different anode materials / Hidalgo, D.; Tommasi, Tonia; Velayutham, K.; Ruggeri, Bernardo. - In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0960-8524. - STAMPA. - 219(2016), pp. 37-44. [10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.084]
| Titolo: | Long term testing of Microbial Fuel Cells: Comparison of different anode materials | |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 | |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.07.084 | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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