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High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application

Atanassov, Plamen; Schuler, Andrew J.; Artyushkova, Kateryna; Babanova, Sofia; Stariha, Sarah; Villarrubia, Claudia W.Narvaez; Serov, Alexey; Santoro, Carlo

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Authors

Plamen Atanassov

Andrew J. Schuler

Kateryna Artyushkova

Sofia Babanova

Sarah Stariha

Claudia W.Narvaez Villarrubia

Alexey Serov

Carlo Santoro Carlo.Santoro@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Bio-Energy



Abstract

© 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. For the first time, a new generation of innovative non-platinum group metal catalysts based on iron and aminoantipyrine as precursor (Fe-AAPyr) has been utilized in a membraneless single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC) running on wastewater. Fe-AAPyr was used as an oxygen reduction catalyst in a passive gas-diffusion cathode and implemented in SCMFC design. This catalyst demonstrated better performance than platinum (Pt) during screening in "clean" conditions (PBS), and no degradation in performance during the operation in wastewater. The maximum power density generated by the SCMFC with Fe-AAPyr was 167±6μWcm-2 and remained stable over 16 days, while SCMFC with Pt decreased to 113±4μWcm-2 by day 13, achieving similar values of an activated carbon based cathode. The presence of S2- and SO42- showed insignificant decrease of ORR activity for the Fe-AAPyr. The reported results clearly demonstrate that Fe-AAPyr can be utilized in MFCs under the harsh conditions of wastewater.

Citation

Atanassov, P., Schuler, A. J., Artyushkova, K., Babanova, S., Stariha, S., Villarrubia, C. W., …Santoro, C. (2015). High catalytic activity and pollutants resistivity using Fe-AAPyr cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell application. Scientific Reports, 5, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16596

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 14, 2015
Publication Date Nov 13, 2015
Deposit Date Apr 25, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Scientific Reports
Electronic ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher Nature Research (part of Springer Nature)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16596
Keywords non-platinum group metal catalysts, Fe-AAPyr, single-chamber microbial fuel cell (SCMFC), wastewater
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/803296
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16596

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