化工学报 ›› 2015, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (3): 1171-1177.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20141442

• 能源和环境工程 • 上一篇    下一篇

化学氧化改性微生物燃料电池阳极

周宇1, 刘中良1, 侯俊先1, 杨斯琦1, 李艳霞1, 邱文革2   

  1. 1 北京工业大学环境与能源工程学院教育部传热强化与过程节能重点实验室, 北京 100124;
    2 北京工业大学环境与能源工程学院化学化工系, 北京 100124
  • 收稿日期:2014-09-24 修回日期:2014-10-21 出版日期:2015-03-05 发布日期:2015-03-05
  • 通讯作者: 刘中良

Microbial fuel cell anode modified by chemical oxidation

ZHOU Yu1, LIU Zhongliang1, HOU Junxian1, YANG Siqi1, LI Yanxia1, QIU Wenge2   

  1. 1 School of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China;
    2 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • Received:2014-09-24 Revised:2014-10-21 Online:2015-03-05 Published:2015-03-05

摘要:

浓HNO3和酸性K2Cr2O7都具有一定的氧化性,分别利用浓HNO3和酸性K2Cr2O7对阳极碳布进行氧化改性处理。通过红外光谱测试显示,碳布表面附着了羟基(—OH)和羧基(—COOH)。通过扫描电镜观察,碳布经过氧化改性后表面明显变粗糙。同时,循环伏安曲线(CV)和交流阻抗曲线(EIS)测试表明,经过改性后的碳布具有良好的电化学特性。分别以经过浓HNO3和酸性K2Cr2O7改性处理后的碳布作为微生物燃料电池(MFC)的阳极,获得的最大功率密度分别为291.11 mW·m-2和438.08 mW·m-2,比未经过改性处理的碳布阳极的功率密度分别提升了21%和82%。

关键词: 燃料电池, 阳极, 氧化, 硝酸, 生物催化

Abstract:

Oxidants of nitric acid and acidic potassium dichromate were used to modify anode carbon cloths. Modification was completed by first putting the carbon cloth into nitric acid or acidic potassium dichromate at a given temperature, soaking for 30 min and then rinsing with de-ionized water until no variation in pH and finally putting into a vacuum dryer, drying for 12 h. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy measurements indicated that many hydroxyls and carboxyls were attached on the carbon cloth surface after modification. SEM results showed that the surface of carbon cloth became rougher than the unmodified one. In addition, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements demonstrated that both modified anodes had excellent electrochemical properties. Using the modified carbon cloths as microbial fuel cell (MFC) anodes respectively, such MFCs yielded maximum power densities of 291.11 mW·m-2 and 438.08 mW·m-2, 21% and 82% higher than that of the MFC with unmodified carbon cloth anode respectively.

Key words: fuel cell, anode, oxidation, nitric acid, biocatalysis

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