Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells

Future application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires a highthroughput and more convenient pathway to manufacture highperformance anodes. In this research, inkjet-printed PANI gel on carbon paper was first fabricated and then successfully employed as anodes in MFCs. Thanks to the inkjet-pri...

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Main Authors: Song, Rong-Bin, Yan, Kun, Lin, Zong-Qiong, Loo, Joachim Say Chye, Pan, Li-Jia, Zhang, Qichun, Zhang, Jian-Rong, Zhu, Jun-Jie
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82236
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47996
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author Song, Rong-Bin
Yan, Kun
Lin, Zong-Qiong
Loo, Joachim Say Chye
Pan, Li-Jia
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Jian-Rong
Zhu, Jun-Jie
author2 School of Materials Science & Engineering
author_facet School of Materials Science & Engineering
Song, Rong-Bin
Yan, Kun
Lin, Zong-Qiong
Loo, Joachim Say Chye
Pan, Li-Jia
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Jian-Rong
Zhu, Jun-Jie
author_sort Song, Rong-Bin
collection NTU
description Future application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires a highthroughput and more convenient pathway to manufacture highperformance anodes. In this research, inkjet-printed PANI gel on carbon paper was first fabricated and then successfully employed as anodes in MFCs. Thanks to the inkjet-printing technology, such anodes can be easily produced in large quantities. Moreover, these anodes possessed good conductivity and a porous structure, aswell as the ability to electrostatically interact with bacteria cells, which contributed to a 6.1-fold increase in the output power over that of the unmodified carbon paper. Taken together, our study presents a novel strategy in preparing highly scalable, high-performance MFC anodes, in promoting the practical application of MFC technology.
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spelling ntu-10356/822362020-09-21T11:34:24Z Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells Song, Rong-Bin Yan, Kun Lin, Zong-Qiong Loo, Joachim Say Chye Pan, Li-Jia Zhang, Qichun Zhang, Jian-Rong Zhu, Jun-Jie School of Materials Science & Engineering School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering Electrodes DRNTU::Engineering::Materials Anodes Future application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires a highthroughput and more convenient pathway to manufacture highperformance anodes. In this research, inkjet-printed PANI gel on carbon paper was first fabricated and then successfully employed as anodes in MFCs. Thanks to the inkjet-printing technology, such anodes can be easily produced in large quantities. Moreover, these anodes possessed good conductivity and a porous structure, aswell as the ability to electrostatically interact with bacteria cells, which contributed to a 6.1-fold increase in the output power over that of the unmodified carbon paper. Taken together, our study presents a novel strategy in preparing highly scalable, high-performance MFC anodes, in promoting the practical application of MFC technology. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Accepted version 2019-04-08T05:28:25Z 2019-12-06T14:51:27Z 2019-04-08T05:28:25Z 2019-12-06T14:51:27Z 2016 Journal Article Song, R.-B., Yan, K., Lin, Z.-Q., Loo, J. S. C., Pan, L.-J., Zhang, Q., ... Zhu, J.-J. (2016). Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4(38), 14555-14559. doi:10.1039/C6TA05770E 2050-7488 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82236 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47996 10.1039/C6TA05770E en Journal of Materials Chemistry A © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A and is made available with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry. 6 p. application/pdf
spellingShingle Electrodes
DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
Anodes
Song, Rong-Bin
Yan, Kun
Lin, Zong-Qiong
Loo, Joachim Say Chye
Pan, Li-Jia
Zhang, Qichun
Zhang, Jian-Rong
Zhu, Jun-Jie
Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title_full Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title_fullStr Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title_full_unstemmed Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title_short Inkjet-printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
title_sort inkjet printed porous polyaniline gel as an efficient anode for microbial fuel cells
topic Electrodes
DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
Anodes
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82236
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47996
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