• 전기화학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2011

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.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 비귀금속 촉매인 iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc)와 cobalt tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin(CoTMPP)를 환원전극촉매로 이용하여 미생물연료전지의 연속운전을 진행하였다. 연속운전은 유기물 부하 (0.5~3 g COD/L/d)와 HRT (0.25~1 day)의 조건을 달리 운전하여 미생물연료전지의 성능을 평가하였다. 미생물연료전지의 전력밀도는 환원전극의 성능에 크게 영향을 받았으며, 최대전력밀도는 $3.3W/m^3$로 백금을 사용한 미생물연료전지에서 나타났다. 하지만, HRT의 조건을 달리 한 실험에서 FePc를 사용한 미생물연료전지가 백금을 사용한 미생물연료전지와 유사한 성능을 나타냈으며, 연속운전에서 백금 촉매를 대체할 수 있는 적합한 물질로 나타났다. 반면에 CoTMPP를 사용한 미생물연료전지는 연속운전에서 내부 저항의 급격한 증가로 전력밀도가 급격히 감소하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2013

Optimal preparation guidelines of a cathode catalyst layer by non-precious metal catalysts were evaluated based on electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Experiments for catalyst loading rate revealed that iron(II) phthalocyanine (FePc) can be a promising alternative, comparable to platinum (Pt) and cobalt tetramethoxyphenylporphyrin (CoTMPP), including effects of substrate concentration. Results showed that using an optimal FePc loading of $1mg/cm^2$ was equivalent to a Pt loading of $0.35mg/cm^2$ on the basis of maximum power density. Given higher loading rates or substrate concentrations, FePc proved to be a better alternative for Pt than CoTMPP. Under the optimal loading rate, it was further revealed that 40 wt% of FePc to carbon support allowed for the best power generation. These results suggest that proper control of the non-precious metal catalyst layer and substrate concentration are highly interrelated, and reveal how those combinations promote the economic power generation of single-chamber MFCs.