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http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4712-14
Electrochemical Characterisation
of Heat-Treated Metal and Non-Metal Anodes using Mud in Microbial
Fuel Cell (Pencirian Elektrokimia bagi Logam dan Bukan-Logam
Anod dengan
Rawatan-Haba menggunakan Lumpur
dalam Sel Fuel Mikrob) RABA’ATUN ADAWIYAH
SHAMSUDDIN1,
WAN
RAMLI
WAN
DAUD1,2,
KIM
BYUNG
HONG1,4,5,
JAMALIAH
MD.
JAHIM1,2, MIMI HANI
ABU
BAKAR1*,
WAN
SYAIDATUL
AQMA
WAN
MOHD
NOOR3
& ROZAN MOHAMAD YUNUS1 1Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 2Department of Chemical and Process
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor
Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 3School of Biosciences and Biotechnology,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 4Korea Institute of Science and Technology,
Seoul 136-791, Korea 5State Key Laboratory of Urban Water
Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin
150090, China Received: 30 May 2018 /Accepted:
14 September 2018 ABSTRACT Microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
have a high potential application for simultaneous wastewater treatment
and electricity generation. However, the choice of the electrode
material and its design is critical and directly affect their performance.
As an electrode of MFCs,
the anode material with surface modifications is an attractive strategy
to improve the power output. In this study, stainless steel (SS)
and carbon steel (CS) was chosen as a metal anode, while
graphite felt (GF) was used as a common anode. Heat
treatment was performed to convert SS, CS and
GF
into efficient anodes for MFCs. The maximum current density
and power density of the MFC-SS were achieved up till 762.14 mA/m2 and
827.25 mW/m2, respectively, which were higher
than MFC-CS (641.95 mA/m2 and 260.14 mW/m2) and MFC-GF (728.30
mA/m2 and 307.89 mW/m2).
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of MFC-SS showed
better catalytic activity compared to MFC-CS and MFC-GF anode,
also supported by cyclic voltammetry test. Keywords: Anode; carbon steel;
graphite felt; MFC; stainless steel ABSTRAK Sel bahan api
mikrob (MFCs) mempunyai
aplikasi yang berpotensi
tinggi untuk rawatan
air sisa kumbahan
dan penghasilan tenaga elektrik. Walau bagaimanapun, pemilihan bahan elektrod dan reka bentuknya
adalah sangat
penting dan secara
langsung mempengaruhi
prestasi mereka. Sebagai elektrod MFC,
bahan anod dengan
pengubahsuaian permukaan
dianggap sebagai strategi yang berkesan bagi meningkatkan output kuasa. Dalam kajian ini, keluli tahan karat (SS)
dan keluli karbon (CS) dipilih
sebagai anod
logam, manakala serat grafit (GF)
digunakan sebagai anod biasa. Rawatan haba dilakukan untuk menjadikan SS,
CS
dan GF kepada anod yang lebih cekap untuk MFC.
Ketumpatan arus
maksimum dan ketumpatan
kuasa MFC-SS, masing-masing
telah mencapai
sehingga 762.14 mA/m2 dan
827.25 mW/m2, iaitu
lebih tinggi
daripada MFC-CS (641.95 mA/m2 dan 260.14 mW/m2) dan MFC-GF (728.30 mA/m2 dan 307.89 mW/m2).
Menerusi spektroskopi impedans elektrokimia (EIS), MFC-SS
menunjukkan aktiviti
katalitik yang lebih baik berbanding dengan MFC-CS dan
MFC-GF,
yang juga disokong oleh
ujian kitaran voltammetri
(CV). Kata kunci: Anod;
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*Corresponding author; email: mimihani@ukm.edu.my
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