Copper-phthalocyanine and nickel nanoparticles as novel cathode catalysts in microbial fuel cells |
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| Authors: | Mostafa Ghasemi Wan Ramli Wan Daud Mostafa Rahimnejad Majid Rezayi Amin Fatemi Yaghoob Jafari M.R. Somalu Alireza Manzour |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Fuel Cell Institute, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;3. Biotechnology Research Lab., Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Noshirvani University, Babol, Iran;4. School of Chemical Science and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;5. ACECR Mashhad Branch, Food Science and Technology Research Institute, Mashhad 91775-1376, Iran;6. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands;g Faculty of Economics and Management, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;h Department of Language and Literature, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Jalan Suang Dua, 11800 Penang, Malaysia |
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| Abstract: | In this study, four different catalysts (i.e., carbon black, nickel nanoparticle (Ni)/C, Phthalocyanine/C and copper-phthalocyanine/C), were tested in a two-chamber Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) and their performances were compared with Pt as the common cathode catalyst in MFC. The characterization of catalysts was done by TEM, XPS and EDX and their electrochemical characteristics were compared by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Linear Sweep Voltammetry (LSV). The results proved that copper phthalocyanine and nickel nanoparticles are potential alternatives catalyst for Pt. Even copper-phthalocyanine generated power is almost the same as Pt. The CV and LSV results reported high electrochemical activity of these catalysts. The maximum power density and coulombic efficiency was achieved by copper-phthalocyanine/C as 118.2 mW/m2 and 29.3%. |
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| Keywords: | Microbial fuel cell (MFC) Copper phthalocyanine Nickel nanoparticles Cathode Catalyst |
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