Implementation of stackable photosynthetic microbial fuel cell structure using stainless steel mesh membrane electrode assembly

Author

Joon-Geun Ha ; Seung-ki Lee ; Seoung-Jai Bai ; Young-Seok Song ; Yong-Kweon Kim ; Young-Min Shin ; Jae-Hyoung Park

Author_Institution

Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2015

fDate

21-25 June 2015

Firstpage

1929

Lastpage

1932

Abstract

This paper presents a fabrication and measurement of stackable photosynthetic microbial fuel cell (MFC) with integrating two cathode chambers in unit cell that increases surface power density compared to conventional photosynthetic MFC structures. Stackable MFC is realized by newly proposed membrane electrode assembly (MEA) structure which includes proton exchange membrane (PEM) and stainless steel mesh anode. A performance of proposed MEA and MFC is characterized by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and current-power curve measurements.

Keywords

electrochemical electrodes; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; membranes; microbial fuel cells; stainless steel; EIS; MEA structure; PEM; cathode chambers; current-power curve measurements; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; membrane electrode assembly; proton exchange membrane; stackable MFC; stackable photosynthetic microbial fuel cell structure; stainless steel mesh anode; stainless steel mesh membrane electrode assembly; surface power density; Anodes; Cathodes; Current measurement; Density measurement; Power system measurements; Steel; Membrane electrode assembly; Microbial fuel cell; Stackable MFC; Stainless steel mesh anode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181329

Filename

7181329