Sustainable Conversion of Glucose into Hydrogen Peroxide in a Solid Polymer Electrolyte Microbial Fuel Cell

You, Shijie; Wang, Jing‐Yuan; Ren, Nanqi; Wang, Xiuheng; Zhang, Jinna

doi:10.1002/cssc.200900245

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“…28,49 The variation of the operating environment (e.g., accumulation of protons and hydroxyl ions in different chambers 50 ) and declined functions of electrode/membrane materials also affect long-term performance. Electrode deterioration frequently occurs, resulting from fouling, 25,51,52 corrosion, 53 clogging of electrode materials, and deactivation of catalysts. Additionally, there is always gradual fouling of the separators over time.…”

Section: Operating Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

2013

Energy Environ. Sci.

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been conceived and intensively studied as a promising technology to achieve sustainable wastewater treatment. However, doubts and debates arose in recent years regarding the technical and economic viability of this technology on a larger scale and in a real-world applications. Hence, it is time to think about and examine how to recalibrate this technology's role in a future paradigm of sustainable wastewater treatment. In the past years, many good ideas/approaches have been proposed and investigated for MFC application, but information is scattered. Various review papers were published on MFC configuration, substrates, electrode materials, separators and microbiology but there is lack of critical thinking and systematic analysis of MFC application niche in wastewater treatment. To systematically formulate a strategy of (potentially) practical MFC application and provide information to guide MFC development, this perspective has critically examined and discussed the problems and challenges for developing MFC technology, and identified a possible application niche whereby MFCs can be rationally incorporated into the treatment process. We propose integration of MFCs with other treatment technologies to form an MFC-centered treatment scheme based on thoroughly analyzing the challenges and opportunities, and discuss future efforts to be made for realizing sustainable wastewater treatment. Broader context Our society's expectations for wastewater treatment have evolved over time. While protecting aquatic environment and public health continues to be a paramount concern, the desire to recover clean water, energy and useful resources from wastewater is getting increasingly stronger today. This increased demand on wastewater treatment has stimulated intensive research for sustainable treatment technologies. Microbial fuel cell (MFC) has been regarded as a promising technology to serve this goal, but low power density, high cost and difficulty in reactor scaling-up severely limit its development and give rise to debates about its practical feasibility. Here, we provide critical rethinking about the challenges and opportunities of this technology, and propose a more promising avenue for MFC development-through integration with other enhanced treatment and resource recovery technologies for more sustainable wastewater treatment. The advantages of such an MFC-centered treatment system in terms of energy consumption, environmental footprint, operating stability and economics are analyzed, and an exemplary process ow is presented.

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Section: Operating Stabilitymentioning

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Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

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“…[ 55 ] The Plexiglas tube (28 mL) MFC had an electrode distance of 4 cm and the two electrodes were connected with titanium wires across a constant resistor (1000 Ω). The prepared PPy nano-SA carbon textile was used as anode (7.0 cm 2 ) and the gas diffusion electrode as made was used as cathode (7.0 cm 2 ).…”

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Bioinspired Nanosucker Array for Enhancing Bioelectricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells

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A bioinspired active anode with a suction effect is demonstrated for microbial fuel cells by constructing polypyrrole (PPy) nanotubular arrays on carbon textiles. The oxygen in the inner space of the nanosucker can be depleted by micro-organisms with the capability of facul-tative respiration, forming a vacuum, which then activates the electrode to draw the microorganism by suction and thus improve the bioelectricity generation.

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“…Compared with conventional electrochemical method, the H 2 O 2 production in MECs needs less energy, which was 0.93 kWh/kg H 2 O 2 in the reported study. Theoretically, H 2 O 2 can be produced in MFCs with simultaneous electricity production, which was showed by several studies [22,108]. However, the production rate of H 2 O 2 in MFCs was much lower than that of MECs.…”

Section: Hydrogen Peroxidementioning

confidence: 96%

Hydrogen Production Through Electrolysis

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Sustainable Conversion of Glucose into Hydrogen Peroxide in a Solid Polymer Electrolyte Microbial Fuel Cell

Cited by 38 publications

References 67 publications

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

Towards sustainable wastewater treatment by using microbial fuel cells-centered technologies

Bioinspired Nanosucker Array for Enhancing Bioelectricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells

Hydrogen Production Through Electrolysis

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