Abstract
Dual-chamber microbial fuel cells (DC-MFC) are devices that can be used to generate electricity through the degradation of substrates. In this study, the performance of DC-MFC with novel electrode materials is evaluated under different external resistance using a hydrochloric acid solution as catholyte. Hydrophilic-treated graphene was used as the electrode material, DuPontTM Nafion 117 was used as the proton exchange membrane and domestic wastewater served as the substrate. The maximum power density achieved was 32.05 mW⋅m−2, obtained by degrading 69.8% of organic matter when an external resistance of 100 Ω was used as electrical load. This power density was 32 times higher than the power density obtained in the control (1.01 mW⋅m−2). This result obtained was similar to those reported in the literature for small-scale DC-MFC systems. And, contrary to the reported trend that as the scale of MFCs increase, the efficiency decreases. It can be stipulated with these results that is possible to scale up DC-MFC to medium-scale systems without loss performance quality by selecting the appropriate external resistance, catholyte and electrode materials.
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