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Electrochemically and Bioelectrochemically Induced Ammonium Recovery
Published on: January 22, 2015
Spraying carbon powder derived from mango wood biomass as high-performance anode in bio-electrochemical system
Meng Li1, Yan-Wen Li2, Quan-Ying Cai2
1Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China; The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, Guangzhou 510006, PR China.
Abstract:
Microbial fuel cell is a green and sustainable bio-electrochemical system that can harvest bioelectricity from organic matter conversion by bacteria in wastewater, but weak electrochemical activity and poor biocompatibility between electro-active bacteria and anode limit its scale-up application. In the present, the biomass carbon derived from mango wood was prepared via one-step carbonization method for anode materials in microbial fuel cell. A desirable anode C/1050 with large electrochemical active surface area (75.3 cm2), low electron transfer resistance (4.36 Ω), and benign biocompatibility were developed, achieving power density up to 589.8 mW·m-2. This study provides a low-cost and high-performance biomass carbon used as anode material in microbial fuel cell for practical application.
