Citation: Haoliang Wu, Hao Tan, Luye Chen, Bin Yang, Yang Hou, Lecheng Lei, Zhongjian Li. Stainless steel cloth modified by carbon nanoparticles of Chinese ink as scalable and high-performance anode in microbial fuel cell[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(8): 2499-2502. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.12.048 shu

Stainless steel cloth modified by carbon nanoparticles of Chinese ink as scalable and high-performance anode in microbial fuel cell

Haoliang Wu ^a ,
Hao Tan ^a ,
Luye Chen ^a ,
Bin Yang ^{a, b} ,
Yang Hou ^{a, b} ,
Lecheng Lei ^{a, b} ,
Zhongjian Li ^{a, b,,}

a.
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
b.
Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 32400, China

Corresponding author: Zhongjian Li, zdlizj@zju.edu.cn
Received Date: 8 October 2020
Revised Date: 22 November 2020
Accepted Date: 27 December 2020
Available Online: 31 December 2020

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have various potential applications. However, anode is a main bottleneck that limits electricity production performance of MFCs. Herein, we developed a novel anode based on a stainless steel cloth (SC) modified with carbon nanoparticles of Chinese ink (CI) using polypyrrole (PPy) as a building block (PPy/CI/SC). After modification, PPy/CI/SC showed a 30% shorten in start-up time (36.4 ± 3.3 h vs. 52.3 ± 1.8 h), 33% increase in the maximum current (12.4 ± 1.4 mA vs. 9.3 ± 0.95 mA), and 2.3 times higher in the maximum power density of MFC (61.9 mW/m² vs. 27.3 mW/m²), compared to Ppy/SC. Experimental results revealed that carbon nanoparticles were able to cover SC uniformly, owing to excellent dispersibility of carbon nanoparticles in CI. The attachment of carbon nanoparticles formed a fluffy layer on SC increased the electrochemically-active surface area by 1.9 times to 44.5 cm². This enhanced electron transfer between the electrode and bacteria. Further, embedding carbon nanoparticles into the PPy layer significantly improved biocompatibility as well as changed functional group contents, which were beneficial to bacteria adhesion on electrodes. Taking advantage of high mechanical strength and good conductivity, a large-size PPy/CI/SC was successfully prepared (50 × 60 cm²) demonstrating a promising potential in practical applications. This simple fabrication strategy offers a new idea of developing low cost and scalable electrode materials for high-performance energy harvesting in MFCs.
- Chinese ink,
- Microbial fuel cell,
- Stainless steel,
- Polypyrrole,
- Carbon nanoparticles
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