Ioannis Andrea Ieropoulos
High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell
Ieropoulos, Ioannis Andrea; Taghavi, Majid; Greenman, John; Beccai, Lucia; Mattoli, Virgilio; Mazzolai, Barbara; Melhuish, Chris; Ieropoulos, Ioannis
Authors
Majid Taghavi
John Greenman john.greenman@uwe.ac.uk
Lucia Beccai
Virgilio Mattoli
Barbara Mazzolai
Chris Melhuish Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
Abstract
© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The current study addresses the development of a flexible microbial fuel cell (MFC) in a tubular configuration. Nafion tubing is employed as a one-compartment MFC and is used as the membrane and the main body of the system. We use an ultra-flexible carbon sleeve as electrode material for both the anode and cathode; the anode is placed inside the tubular membrane, and the cathode is wrapped on the outside of the membrane. We illustrate how, using both the membrane and the new electrodes, there is increase the power density of the system, which is shown to work successfully with human urine as the fuel. We also show how the covering of the outer surface, that is, the cathode, by means of a waterproof and breathable plaster strip, maintains the high output levels without the need for hydration.
Citation
Ieropoulos, I. A., Taghavi, M., Greenman, J., Beccai, L., Mattoli, V., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). High-Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel Cell. ChemElectroChem, 1(11), 1994-1999. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402131
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Publication Date | Nov 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Sep 14, 2015 |
Journal | ChemElectroChem |
Electronic ISSN | 2196-0216 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 11 |
Pages | 1994-1999 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402131 |
Keywords | carbon, carbon sleeve electrode, flexible microbial fuel cell, tubular membrane, urine, MFC |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/807848 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201402131 |
You might also like
A review on the techniques used in prostate brachytherapy
(2022)
Journal Article
A Cilia-inspired Closed-loop Sensor-actuator Array
(2018)
Journal Article
Energy and metabolism
(2018)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About UWE Bristol Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@uwe.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search