Copper-phthalocyanine and nickel nanoparticles as novel cathode catalysts in microbial fuel cells

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作者
Ghasemi, Mostafa [1 ,2 ]
Daud, Wan Ramli Wan [1 ,2 ]
Rahimnejad, Mostafa [3 ]
Rezayi, Majid [4 ,5 ]
Fatemi, Amin [6 ]
Jafari, Yaghoob [7 ]
Somalu, M. R. [1 ]
Manzour, Alireza [8 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fuel Cell Inst, Ukm Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
[2] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Dept Chem & Proc Engn, Fac Engn & Built Environm, Ukm Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
[3] Noshirvani Univ, Fac Chem Engn, Biotechnol Res Lab, Babol Sar, Iran
[4] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Sch Chem Sci & Food Technol, Fac Sci & Technol, Ukm Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
[5] Food Sci & Technol Res Inst, ACECR Mashhad Branch, Mashhad 917751376, Iran
[6] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Civil Engn & Geosci, Dept Geosci & Engn, NL-2628 CN Delft, Netherlands
[7] Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Econ & Management, Ukm Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
[8] Univ Sains Malaysia, Fac Educ Studies, Dept Language & Literature, Jalan Suang Dua 11800, Penang, Malaysia
关键词
Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Copper phthalocyanine; Nickel nanoparticles; Cathode; Catalyst; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; PLATINUM; PERFORMANCE; GENERATION; PARTICLES; MEMBRANES; OXIDE;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.177
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In this study, four different catalysts (i.e., carbon black, nickel nanoparticle (Ni)/C, Phthalocyanine/C and copper-phthalocyanine/C), were tested in a two-chamber Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) and their performances were compared with Pt as the common cathode catalyst in MFC. The characterization of catalysts was done by TEM, XPS and EDX and their electrochemical characteristics were compared by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV). The results proved that copper phthalocyanine and nickel nano-particles are potential alternatives catalyst for Pt. Even copper-phthalocyanine generated power is almost the same as Pt. The CV and LSV results reported high electrochemical activity of these catalysts. The maximum power density and coulombic efficiency was achieved by copper-phthalocyanine/C as 118.2 mW/m(2) and 29.3%. Copyright (C) 2013, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:9533 / 9540
页数:8
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