Air-breathing cathode self-powered supercapacitive microbial fuel cell with human urine as electrolyte.

ABSTRACT: In this work, a membraneless microbial fuel cell (MFC) with an empty volume of 1.5 mL, fed continuously with hydrolysed urine, was tested in supercapacitive mode (SC-MFC). In order to enhance the power output, a double strategy was used: i) a double cathode was added leading to a decrease in the equivalent series resistance (ESR); ii) the apparent capacitance was boosted up by adding capacitive features on the anode electrode. Galvanostatic (GLV) discharges were performed at different discharge currents. The results showed that both strategies were successful obtaining a maximum power output of 1.59 ± 0.01 mW (1.06 ± 0.01 mW mL^-1) at pulse time of 0.01 s and 0.57 ± 0.01 mW (0.38 ± 0.01 mW mL^-1) at pulse time of 2 s. The highest energy delivered at i_pulse eq

SUBMITTER: Santoro C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430050 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature