Effect of Metal Modification to Carbon Paper Anodes on the Performance of Yeast-Based Microbial Fuel Cells Part ΙΙ: In the Case with Exogenous Mediator, Methylene Blue

Abstract:

Effect of metal modification to carbon paper as the anode of mediator-aided yeast-based microbial fuel cell on the cell performance was investigated using methylene blue as an exogenous mediator. The modification was conducted using a sputtering technique by depositing Co or Au thin layer, 30 nm. The electrode performance was evaluated by measuring the electrode potentials and the fuel cell power output. The metal modification significantly increased the mediator-aided MFC performance.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 534)
• Pages: 82-87
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.534.82
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Enas Taha Kasem, Takuya Tsujiguchi, Nobuyoshi Nakagawa
• Keywords: Carbon Paper, Cobalt, Gold, Methylene Blue (MB), Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Bakers Yeast), Sputtering

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