A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells
Microbial fuel cell technology is a new technology for producing green energy from wastewater. While lab scale and commercial microbial fuel cells typically utilize graphite as the film substrate, it is difficult to rapidly prototype micro-patterned graphite and it has not been used to date. Our des...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
ASME International
2018
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119175 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-4570 |
| _version_ | 1826195119960752128 |
|---|---|
| author | Buie, Cullen R. Jones, A-Andrew D. Buie, Cullen |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Buie, Cullen R. Jones, A-Andrew D. Buie, Cullen |
| author_sort | Buie, Cullen R. |
| collection | MIT |
| description | Microbial fuel cell technology is a new technology for producing green energy from wastewater. While lab scale and commercial microbial fuel cells typically utilize graphite as the film substrate, it is difficult to rapidly prototype micro-patterned graphite and it has not been used to date. Our design sandwiches graphite sheets under a channel layer creating a microfluidic microbial fuel cell with graphite electrodes. The microfluidic microbial fuel cell uses Geobacter sulfurreducens fed with acetate in a phosphate buffer media. Ferricyanide is used as the catholyte so that the system is anodically limited. Current versus time and open circuit voltage are reported showing biofilm growth microbial fuel cell operation. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:07:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/119175 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T10:07:47Z |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publisher | ASME International |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1191752022-09-30T19:04:17Z A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells Buie, Cullen R. Jones, A-Andrew D. Buie, Cullen Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Jones, A-Andrew D. Buie, Cullen Microbial fuel cell technology is a new technology for producing green energy from wastewater. While lab scale and commercial microbial fuel cells typically utilize graphite as the film substrate, it is difficult to rapidly prototype micro-patterned graphite and it has not been used to date. Our design sandwiches graphite sheets under a channel layer creating a microfluidic microbial fuel cell with graphite electrodes. The microfluidic microbial fuel cell uses Geobacter sulfurreducens fed with acetate in a phosphate buffer media. Ferricyanide is used as the catholyte so that the system is anodically limited. Current versus time and open circuit voltage are reported showing biofilm growth microbial fuel cell operation. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A. Neil Pappalardo Fellowship Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lemelson Presidential Fellowship 2018-11-19T13:05:34Z 2018-11-19T13:05:34Z 2012-11 2018-10-30T19:37:03Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-0-7918-4525-7 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119175 Jones, A-Andrew D., and Cullen R. Buie. “A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells.” Volume 9: Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging, Parts A and B (November 9, 2012). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-4570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2012-87781 Volume 9: Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging, Parts A and B Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf ASME International ASME |
| spellingShingle | Buie, Cullen R. Jones, A-Andrew D. Buie, Cullen A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title | A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title_full | A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title_fullStr | A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title_short | A Microfluidic Platform for Evaluating Anode Substrates for Microbial Fuel Cells |
| title_sort | microfluidic platform for evaluating anode substrates for microbial fuel cells |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119175 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-4570 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT buiecullenr amicrofluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells AT jonesaandrewd amicrofluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells AT buiecullen amicrofluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells AT buiecullenr microfluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells AT jonesaandrewd microfluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells AT buiecullen microfluidicplatformforevaluatinganodesubstratesformicrobialfuelcells |