The use of cloth fabric diffusion layers for scalable microbial fuel cells

Yong Luo; Fang Zhang; Bin Wei; Guangli Liu; Renduo Zhang; Bruce E. Logan

doi:10.1016/j.bej.2013.01.011

The use of cloth fabric diffusion layers for scalable microbial fuel cells

Yong Luo
, Fang Zhang
, Bin Wei
, Guangli Liu
, Renduo Zhang
, Bruce E. Logan

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Abstract

A scalable and pre-manufactured cloth material (Goretex^® fabric) was used as a diffusion layer (DL) material as a replacement for a liquid-applied polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) DL. Cathodes with the Goretex fabric heat-bonded to the air-side of carbon cloth cathode (CC-Goretex) produced a maximum power density of 1330±30mW/m², similar to that using a PTFE DL (1390±70mW/m², CC-PTFE). This method was also successfully used to produce cathodes made of inexpensive carbon mesh, which resulted in only slightly less power (1180±10mW/m²) (CM-Goretex). Coulombic efficiencies were a function of current density, with the highest value for CC-PTFE cathodes (63%), similar to CC-Goretex cathodes (61%), and slightly larger than that obtained for the CM-Goretex cathodes (54%). These results show that a commercially available fabric can easily be used as the DL in an MFC, achieving performance similar to that obtained with a more labor-intensive process based on liquid-applied DLs using PTFE.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	49-52
Number of pages	4
Journal	Biochemical Engineering Journal
Volume	73
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2013.01.011
State	Published - Apr 5 2013

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Bioengineering
Biotechnology
Environmental Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

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