Impact of external resistance acclimation on charge transfer and diffusion resistance in bench-scale microbial fuel cells

Ruggero Rossi; Bruce E. Logan

doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123921

Impact of external resistance acclimation on charge transfer and diffusion resistance in bench-scale microbial fuel cells

Ruggero Rossi
, Bruce E. Logan

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Reducing the external resistance (R_ext) for microbial fuel cell (MFC) acclimation can substantially alter the anode performance in terms of charge transfer (R_CT), diffusion (R_d) and total anode resistance (R_An). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used to quantify anode impedance at different set potentials. Reducing R_ext from 50 Ω to 20 Ω during acclimation reduced R_CT by 31% (from 6.12 ± 0.09 mΩ m² to 4.21 ± 0.03 mΩ m²) and R_d by 18% (from 3.4 ± 0.2 mΩ m² to 2.8 ± 0.1 mΩ m²) at a set anode potential of −115 mV during EIS. Overall R_An decreased by 27%, to 5.13 ± 0.02 mΩ m² for acclimation at 20 Ω, enabling the anode to achieve 38% higher current densities of 29 ± 1 A m⁻². The results show a clear dependence of acclimation procedures and external resistance on kinetic and diffusion components of anode impedance that can impact overall bioelectrochemical performance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	123921
Journal	Bioresource technology
Volume	318
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123921
State	Published - Dec 2020

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