Double-chamber microbial fuel cells started up under room and low temperatures

Lihong Liu; Olga Tsyganova; Duu Jong Lee; Jo Shu Chang; Aijie Wang; Nanqi Ren

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.090

Double-chamber microbial fuel cells started up under room and low temperatures

Lihong Liu
, Olga Tsyganova
, Duu Jong Lee^*
, Jo Shu Chang
, Aijie Wang
, Nanqi Ren

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Environment

Harbin Institute of Technology
National Taiwan University
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
National Cheng Kung University

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Abstract

This study examined the performances of two double-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs) at 25 C and 15 C. After successful startup, the cell temperature of MFC A was decreased from 25 to 15 C, yielding a sudden breakdown of the entire system. Conversely, the MFC B, started up at 15 C, delivering higher power density at 25 C than MFC A at the same temperature. The electrochemical analysis revealed that the MFC B had lower anodic resistance than MFC A. Additionally, a negative temperature dependence of the polarization resistances of the anodic biofilm was noted, a novel phenomenon only reported in this double-chambered study. Microbial analysis showed that the psychrophilic bacteria were enriched in anodic biofilms of MFC B, which likely contributed to the robust cell performance of the present double-chambered MFCs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15574-15579
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	38
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.090
State	Published - 22 Nov 2013

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Keywords

Anodic biofilm
Microbial community
Microbial fuel cell (MFC)
Psychrophilic bacteria

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Double-chamber microbial fuel cells started up under room and low temperatures

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