Electrospun and solution blown three-dimensional carbon fiber nonwovens for application as electrodes in microbial fuel cells

Shuiliang Chen, Haoqing Hou, Falk Harnisch, Sunil A. Patil, Alessandro A. Carmona-Martinez, Seema Agarwal, Yiyun Zhang, Suman Sinha-Ray, Alexander L. Yarin, Andreas Greiner, Uwe Schröder

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Abstract

Three-dimensional carbon fiber electrodes prepared by electrospinning and solution blowing are shown to be excellent electrode materials for bioelectrochemical systems such as microbial fuel cells or microbial electrolysis cells. The bioelectrocatalytic anode current density is shown to reach values of up to 30 A m-2, which represents the highest reported values for electroactive microbial biofilms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1417-1421
Number of pages5
JournalEnergy and Environmental Science
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Apr

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Pollution

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