One-step electrosynthesis of polypyrrole/graphene oxide composites for microbial fuel cell application

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-373

  Lv, Zhisheng ^a   Chen, Yanfeng ^a   Wei, Hengchen ^a   Li, Fusheng ^b   Hu, Yun ^a   Wei, Chaohai ^a   Feng, Chunhua ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anode modification; Conductive polymer; Electropolymerization; Microbial fuel cell; Polypyrrole graphene

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; POLYPYRROLES;

ANODE MODIFICATION; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84883165918     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.08.022     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. A. Rinaldi, B. Mecheri, V. Garavaglia, S. Licoccia, P.D. Nardo, E. Traversa, Engineering materials and biology to boost performance of microbial fuel cells: acritical review, Energy Environ. Sci. 1 (2008) 417.
2. U. Schröeder, Anodic electron transfer mechanisms in microbial fuel cells and their energy efficiency, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 9 (2007) 2619.
3. M.H. Zhou, M.L. Chi, J.M. Luo, H.H. He, T. Jin, An overview of electrode materialsin microbial fuel cells, J. Power Sources 196 (2011) 4427.
4. B.E. Logan, B. Hamelers, R. Rozendal, U. Schroder, J. Keller, S. Freguia, P.Aelterman, W. Verstraete, K. Rabaey, Microbial fuel cells: methodology andtechnology, Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (2006) 5181.
5. M. Sun, F. Zhang, Z.H. Tong, G.P. Sheng, Y.Z. Chen, Y. Zhao, Y.P. Chen, S.Y. Zhou, G.Liu, Y.C. Tian, H.Q. Yu, A gold-sputtered carbon paper as an anode for improved electricity generation from a microbial fuel cell inoculated with Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, Biosens. Bioelectron. 26 (2010) 338.
6. C.H. Feng, L. Ma, F.B. Li, H.J. Mai, X.M. Lang, S.S. Fan, Apolypyrrole/anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonic disodium salt (PPy/AQDS)-modified anode to improve performance of microbial fuel cells, Biosens. Bioelectron. 25 (2010) 1516.
7. S.A. Cheng, B.E. Logan, Ammonia treatment of carbon cloth anodes to enhance power generation of microbial fuel cells, Elctrochem. Commun. 9 (2007) 492.
8. X. Wang, S.A. Cheng, Y.J. Feng, M.D. Merrill, T. Satio, B.E. Logan, Use of carbon mesh anodes and the effect of different pretreatment methods on power production in microbial fuel cells, Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (2009) 6870.
9. X.H. Peng, H.B. Yu, X. Wang, Q.X. Zhou, S.J. Zhang, L.J. Geng, J.W. Sun, Z. Cai, Enhanced performance and capacitance behavior of anode by rolling Fe3O4into activated carbon in microbial fuel cells, Bioresour. Technol. 121 (2012)450.
10. S. Stankovich, D.A. Dikin, G.H.B. Dommett, K.M. Kohlhaas, E.J. Zimney, E.A.Stach, R.D. Piner, S.B.T. Nguyen, R.S. Ruoff, Graphene-based composite materi-als, Nature 442 (2006) 282.
11. D. Li, M.B. Müller, S. Gilje, R.B. Kaner, G.G. Wallace, Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets, Nat. Nanotechnol. 3 (2008) 101.
12. H.J. Choi, S.M. Jung, J.M. Seo, D.W. Chang, L.M. Dai, J.B. Baek, Graphene for energy conversion and storage in fuel cells and supercapacitors, Nano Energy 1 (2012)534.
13. E.J. Yoo, J. Kim, E. Hosono, H.S. Zhou, T. Kudo, I. Honma, Large reversible Listorage of graphene nanosheet families for use in rechargeable lithium ionbatteries, Nano Lett. 8 (2008) 2277.
14. P. Guo, H.H. Song, X.H. Chen, Electrochemical performance of graphenenano sheets as anode material for lithium-ion batteries, Elctrochem. Commun.11 (2009) 1320.
15. Y. Wang, Z.Q. Shi, Y. Huang, Y.F. Ma, C.Y. Wang, M.M. Chen, Y.S. Chen, Super-capacitor devices based on graphene materials, J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009)13103.
16. Y.Q. Sun, Q. Wu, G.Q. Shi, Graphene based new energy materials, Energy Environ. Sci. 4 (2011) 1113.
17. Y.Z. Zhang, G.Q. Mo, X.W. Li, W.D. Zhang, J.Q. Zhang, J.S. Ye, X.D. Huang, C.Z. Yu, A graphene modified anode to improve the performance of microbial fuel cells, J. Power Sources 196 (2011) 5402.
18. J.X. Hou, Z.L. Liu, P.Y. Zhang, A new method of fabrication ofgraphene/polyaniline nanocomplex modified microbial fuel cell anodes, J. Power Sources 224 (2013) 139.
19. L. Xiao, J. Damien, J.Y. Luo, H.D. Jang, J.X. Huang, Z. He, Crumpled grapheneparticles for microbial fuel cell electrodes, J. Power Sources 208 (2012) 187.
20. J. Liu, Y. Qiao, C.X. Guo, S. Lim, H. Song, C.M. Li, Graphene/carbon cloth anode for high-performance mediatorless microbial fuel cells, Bioresour. Technol. 114(2012) 275.
21. X. Xie, G.H. Yu, N. Liu, Z.N. Bao, C.S. Criddle, Y. Cui, Graphene-sponges as high-performance low-cost anodes for microbial fuel cells, Energy Environ. Sci. 5(2012) 6862.
22. Z.J. Wang, X.Z. Zhou, J. Zhang, F. Boey, H. Zhang, Direct electrochemical reduction of single-layer graphene oxide and subsequent functionalization with glucose oxidase, J. Phys. Chem. C 113 (2009) 1407.
23. X.M. Lang, Q.Y. Wan, C.H. Feng, X.J. Yue, W.D. Xu, S.S. Fan, The roleanthraquinone sulfonate dopants in promoting performance of pyrrole composites as pseudo-capacitive electrode materials, Synth. Met. 160 (2010) 1800.
24. H. Lee, H. Kim, M.S. Cho, J. Choi, Y. Lee, Fabrication of polypyrrole (PPy)/carbonnanotube (CNT) composite electrode on ceramic fabric for super capacitor applications, Electrochim. Acta 56 (2011) 7460.
25. H.T. Liu, L. Zhang, Y.L. Guo, C. Cheng, L.J. Yang, L. Jiang, G. Yu, W.P. Hu, Y.Q.Liu, D.B. Zhu, Reduction of graphene oxide to highly conductive graphene by Lawesson's reagent and its electrical applications, J. Mater. Chem. C 1 (2013)3104.
26. C.Z. Zhu, J.F. Zhai, D. Wen, S.J. Dong, Graphene oxide/polypyrrole nanocomposites: one-step electrochemical doping, coating and synergistic effect for energy storage, J. Mater. Chem. 22 (2012) 6300.
27. D.C. Marcano, D.V. Kosynkin, J.M. Berlin, A. Sinitskii, Z.Z. Sun, A. Slesarev, L.B.Alemany, W. Lu, J.M. Tour, Improved synthesis of graphene oxide, ACS Nano 4(2010) 4806.
28. P. Si, S.J. Ding, X.W. (David) Lou, D.H. Kim, An electrochemically formed-three-dimensional structure of polypyrrole/graphene nanoplatelets for high-performance surpercapacitors, RSC Adv. 1 (2011) 1271.
29. S. Park, J. An, J.R. Potts, A. Velamakanni, S. Murali, R.S. Ruoff, Hydrazine-reduction of graphene- and graphene oxide, Carbon 49 (2011) 3019.
30. Z.S. Lv, D.H. Xie, X.J. Yue, C.H. Feng, C.H. Wei, Ruthenium oxide-coated carbon felt electrode: a highly active anode for microbial fuel cell applications, J. PowerSources 210 (2012) 26.
31. C.H. Feng, F.B. Li, H.Y. Liu, X.M. Lang, S.S. Fan, A dual-chamber microbial fuelcell with conductive film-modified anode and cathode and its application for the neutral electro-Fenton process, Electrochim. Acta 55 (2010) 2048.
32. H.H. Chang, C.K. Chang, Y.C. Tsai, C.S. Liao, Electrochemically synthesizedgraphene/polypyrrole composites and their use in super capacitor, Carbon 50(2012) 2331.
33. S. Stankovich, D.A. Dikin, R.D. Piner, K.A. Kohlhaas, A. Kleinhammes, Y. Jia, Y. Wu, S.T. Nguyen, R.S. Ruoff, Synthesis of graphene-based nanosheets via chemicalreduction of exfoliated graphite oxide, Carbon 45 (2007) 1558.
34. A.C. Ferrari, Raman spectroscopy of graphene and graphite: disorder, electron-phonon coupling, doping and nonadiabatic effects, Soild State Commun. 143 (2007) 47.
35. J. Mikat, I. Orgzall, H.D. Hochheimer, Optical absorption and vibrational spectroscopy of conducting polypyrrole under presuure, Synth. Met. 116 (2001)167.
36. B. Chen, J. Li, L. Delzeit, Q.B. Pei, Highly conjugated polypyrrole on multiwalled carbon nanotube templates analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, Proc. SPIE 6423(2007) 42312.
37. Y. Yuan, S. Kim, Improved performance of a microbial fuel cell with polypyr-role/carbon black composite coated carbon paper anodes, Bull. Korean Chem.Soc. 29 (2008) 1344.
38. Y.X. Huang, X.W. Liu, J.F. Xie, G.P. Sheng, G.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Zhang, A.W. Xu, H.Q. Yu,Graphene oxide nanoribbons greatly enhance extracellular electron transfer inbio-electrochemical systems, Chem. Commun. 47 (2011) 5795.
39. Z.H. Wen, S.Q. Ci, S. Mao, G.H. Lu, K.H. Yu, S.L. Luo, Z. He, J.H. Chen, TiO2nanoparticles-decorated carbon nanotubes for significantly improved bio-electricity generation in microbial fuel cells, J. Power Sources 234 (2013)100.
40. R.P. Ramasarmy, Z. Ren, M.M. Mench, J.M. Regan, Impact of initial bio-film growth on the anode impedance of microbial fuel cells, Biotechnol. Bioeng.101 (2008) 101.
41. O. Bretschger, A. Obraztsova, C.A. Sturm, I.S. Chang, Y.A. Gorby, S.B. Reed, D.E.Culley, C.L. Reardon, S. Barua, M.F. Romine, J.Z. Zhou, A.S. Beliaev, R. Bouhenni, D. Saffarini, F. Mansfeld, B.H. Kim, J.K. Fredrickson, K.H. Nealson, Current production and metal oxide reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 wild typeand mutants, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (2007) 7003.
42. C.H. Feng, P.C.H. Chan, I.M. Hsing, Catalyzed microelectrode mediated bypolypyrrole/Nafion®composite film for microfabricated fuel cell application, Elctrochem. Commun. 9 (2007) 89.