电极
电流(流体)
流量(数学)
材料科学
纳米技术
化学
电气工程
工程类
机械
物理
物理化学
作者
Krishna P. Katuri,M. L. Ferrer,María Elena Gutiérrez,Ricardo Jiménez,Francisco del Monte,Lo Gorton
摘要
Three-dimensional microchannelled nanocomposite electrodes fabricated by ice-segregation induced self-assembly of chitosan-dispersed multiwall carbon nanotubes are shown to provide a scaffold for growth of electroactive bacteria for use as acetate-oxidizing bioanodes in bioelectrochemical systems. The hierarchical structure provides a conductive surface area available for G. sulfurreducens colonization, with a flow through configuration along the electrode providing a substrate for bacterial colonization and bio-electrochemical processes. This configuration, whilst resulting in sub-monolayer biofilm coverage over the three-dimensional surface, is capable of providing acetate oxidation current densities of up to 24.5 A m−2, equating to a volumetric current density of 19 kA m−3, in the flow-through configuration. Such bioanodes, when operated in non-optimized flow-through microbial fuel cell configuration, provide a maximum power density of 2.87 W m−2, which is equivalent to 2.0 kW m−3 volumetric power density.
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