Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물·생명공학회)
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Electricity Generation Coupled with Wastewater Treatment Using a Microbial Fuel Cell Composed of a Modified Cathode with a Ceramic Membrane and Cellulose Acetate Film

  • Seo, Ha-Na (Department of Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Jin (Department of Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University) ;
  • Hwang, Tae-Sik (Department of Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University) ;
  • Park, Doo-Hyun (Department of Biological Engineering, Seokyeong University)
  • Published : 2009.09.30
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Abstract

A noncompartmented microbial fuel cell (NCMFC) composed of a Mn(IV)-carbon plate and a Fe(III)-carbon plate was used for electricity generation from organic wastewater without consumption of external energy. The Fe(III)-carbon plate, coated with a porous ceramic membrane and a semipermeable cellulose acetate film, was used as a cathode, which substituted for the catholyte and cathode. The Mn(IV)-carbon plate was used as an anode without a membrane or film coating. A solar cell connected to the NCMFC activated electricity generation and bacterial consumption of organic matter contained in the wastewater. More than 99% of the organic matter was biochemically oxidized during wastewater flow through the four NCMFC units. A predominant bacterium isolated from the anode surface in both the conventional and the solar cell-linked NCMFC was found to be more than 99% similar to a Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium and Burkeholderia sp., based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The isolate reacted electrochemically with the Mn(IV)-modified anode and produced electricity in the NCMFC. After 90 days of incubation, a bacterial species that was enriched on the Mn(IV)-modified anode surface in all of the NCMFC units was found to be very similar to the initially isolated predominant species by comparing 16S rDNA sequences.

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