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

Rong Bin Song; Kun Yan; Zong Qiong Lin; Joachim Say Chye Loo; Li Jia Pan; Qichun Zhang; Jian Rong Zhang; Jun Jie Zhu

doi:10.1039/c6ta05770e

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

Rong Bin Song, Kun Yan, Zong Qiong Lin, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Li Jia Pan, Qichun Zhang^*, Jian Rong Zhang, Jun Jie Zhu

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Abstract

Future application of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires a high-throughput and more convenient pathway to manufacture high-performance 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, as well 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	14555-14559
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	4
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta05770e
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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