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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2011.14.2.071

A Non-Pt Catalyst for Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells  

Kim, Jy-Yeon (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Soongsil University)
Han, Sang-Beom (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Soongsil University)
Oh, Sang-Eun (Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University)
Park, Kyung-Won (Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Soongsil University)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.14, no.2, 2011 , pp. 71-76 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fe-tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin on carbon black (Fe-TMPP/C) is examined and compared with carbon (C) and Pt-coated carbon (Pt/C) for oxygen reduction reaction in a two chambered microbial fuel cell (MFC). The Fe-TMPP/C is prepared by heat treatment and characterized using SEM, TEM, and XPS. The electrochemical properties of catalysts are characterized by voltammerty and single cell measurements. It is found that the power generation in the MFC with Fe-TMPP/C as the cathode is higher than that with Pt/C. The maximum power of the Fe-TMPP/C is 0.12 mW compared with 0.10 mW (Pt/C) and 0.02 mW (C). This high output with the Fe-TMPP/C indicates that MFCs are promising in further practical applications with low cost macrocycles catalysts.
Keywords
Oxygen reduction; Nutrient solution; Fe-TMPP; Non-Pt; Microbial fuel cells;
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