Non-Pt catalyst as oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells: A review

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4870-4883

  Ben Liew, Kien ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a   Ghasemi, Mostafa ^a   Leong, Jun Xing ^a   Su Lim, Swee ^a   Ismail, Manal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biocatalysts; Cathode; Microbial fuel cell; Non Pt catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; LOW TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; NANO-CARBON MATERIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIAL LOSS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATHODES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENZYMES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

BIOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84897928113     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.01.062     Document Type: Review

References (80)

1. 2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks Proc Natl Acad Sci 104 2007 18866 18870
2. S. Shafiee, and E. Topal When will fossil fuel reserves be diminished? Energy Policy 37 2009 181 189
3. K. Watanabe Recent developments in microbial fuel cell technologies for sustainable bioenergy J Biosci Bioeng 106 2008 528 536
4. M. Hoogwijk, A. Faaij, R. van den Broek, G. Berndes, D. Gielen, and W. Turkenburg Exploration of the ranges of the global potential of biomass for energy Biomass Bioenergy 25 2003 119 133
5. Z. Du, H. Li, and T. Gu A state of the art review on microbial fuel cells: a promising technology for wastewater treatment and bioenergy Biotechnol Adv 25 2007 464 482
6. H. Liu, R. Ramnarayanan, and B.E. Logan Production of electricity during wastewater treatment using a single chamber microbial fuel cell Environ Sci Technol 38 2004 2281 2285
7. B. Min, J.R. Kim, S.E. Oh, J.M. Regan, and B.E. Logan Electricity generation from swine wastewater using microbial fuel cells Water Res 39 2005 4961 4968
8. K. Rabaey, and W. Verstraete Microbial fuel cells: novel biotechnology for energy generation TRENDS Biotechnol 23 2005 291 298
9. R.A. Rozendal, H.V.M. Hamelers, K. Rabaey, J. Keller, and C.J.N. Buisman Towards practical implementation of bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment TRENDS Biotechnol 26 2008 450 459
10. J.X. Leong, W.R.W. Daud, M. Ghasemi, K.B. Liew, and M. Ismail Ion exchange membranes as separators in microbial fuel cells for bioenergy conversion: a comprehensive review Renew Sustain Energy Rev 28 2013 575 587
11. K. Sopian, and W.R. Wan Daud Challenges and future developments in proton exchange membrane fuel cells Renew Energy 31 2006 719 727
12. B. Wang Recent development of non-platinum catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction J Power Sources 152 2005 1 15
13. M.S. El-Deab, T. Sotomura, and T. Ohsaka Oxygen reduction at electrochemically deposited crystallographically oriented Au (100)-like gold nanoparticles Electrochem Commun 7 2005 29 34
14. G. Gotti, K. Fajerwerg, D. Evrard, and P. Gros Electrodeposited gold nanoparticles on glassy carbon: correlation between nanoparticles characteristics and oxygen reduction kinetics in neutral media Electrochimica Acta 2013 in press.
15. H. Rismani-Yazdi, S.M. Carver, A.D. Christy, and O.H. Tuovinen Cathodic limitations in microbial fuel cells: an overview J Power Sources 180 2008 683 694
16. S.E. Oh, and B.E. Logan Proton exchange membrane and electrode surface areas as factors that affect power generation in microbial fuel cells Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 70 2006 162 169
17. D.H. Park, and J.G. Zeikus Improved fuel cell and electrode designs for producing electricity from microbial degradation Biotechnol Bioeng 81 2002 348 355
18. S. You, Q. Zhao, J. Zhang, J. Jiang, and S. Zhao A microbial fuel cell using permanganate as the cathodic electron acceptor J Power Sources 162 2006 1409 1415
19. S. Pandit, A. Sengupta, S. Kale, and D. Das Performance of electron acceptors in catholyte of a two-chambered microbial fuel cell using anion exchange membrane Bioresour Technol 102 2011 2736 2744
20. J. Li, Q. Fu, Q. Liao, X. Zhu, D. Ye, and X. Tian Persulfate: a self-activated cathodic electron acceptor for microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 194 2009 269 274
21. B.E. Logan, B. Hamelers, R. Rozendal, U. Schröder, J. Keller, and S. Freguia et al. Microbial fuel cells: methodology and technology Environ Sci Technol 40 2006 5181 5192
22. B.E. Logan, and J.M. Regan Microbial fuel cells-challenges and applications Environ Sci Technol 40 2006 5172 5180
23. 2 reduction Electrochimica Acta 29 1984 1527 1537
24. W.E. Mustain, and J. Prakash Kinetics and mechanism for the oxygen reduction reaction on polycrystalline cobalt-palladium electrocatalysts in acid media J Power Sources 170 2007 28 37
25. Z. Shi, J. Zhang, Z.S. Liu, H. Wang, and D.P. Wilkinson Current status of ab initio quantum chemistry study for oxygen electroreduction on fuel cell catalysts Electrochimica Acta 51 2006 1905 1916
26. C. Song, and J. Zhang Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction PEM fuel cell electrocatalysts and catalyst layers: fundamentals and applications 2008 Springer London
27. E. Yeager Dioxygen electrocatalysis: mechanisms in relation to catalyst structure J Mol Catal 38 1986 5 25
28. V.G. Levich, and D.B. Spalding Physicochemical hydrodynamics 1962 Prentice-Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ
29. 4-chelate as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in acid media Int J Hydrogen Energy 35 2010 2900 2903
30. Z. Chen, and D. Higgins Nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes and their impact on the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells Carbon 48 2010 3057 3065
31. 2-catalyzed air cathode in alkaline solution J Electroanal Chem 557 2003 127 134
32. I. Roche, K. Katuri, and K. Scott A microbial fuel cell using manganese oxide oxygen reduction catalysts J Appl Electrochem 40 2010 13 21
33. L. Zhang, C. Liu, L. Zhuang, W. Li, S. Zhou, and J. Zhang Manganese dioxide as an alternative cathodic catalyst to platinum in microbial fuel cells Biosens Bioelectron 24 2009 2825 2829
34. 2 catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction and their applications in microbial fuel cells Biosens Bioelectron 26 2011 4728 4732
35. Y. Zhang, Y. Hu, S. Li, J. Sun, and B. Hou Manganese dioxide-coated carbon nanotubes as an improved cathodic catalyst for oxygen reduction in a microbial fuel cell J Power Sources 196 2011 9284 9289
36. X.W. Liu, X.F. Sun, Y.X. Huang, G.P. Sheng, K. Zhou, and R.J. Zeng et al. Nano-structured manganese oxide as a cathodic catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction in a microbial fuel cell fed with a synthetic wastewater Water Res 44 2010 5298 5305
37. 2-Graphene hybrid as an alternative cathodic catalyst to platinum in microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 216 2012 187 191
38. 3 and platinum materials Electrochimica Acta 58 2011 58 66
39. J.M. Morris, S. Jin, J. Wang, C. Zhu, and M.A. Urynowicz Lead dioxide as an alternative catalyst to platinum in microbial fuel cells Electrochem Commun 9 2007 1730 1734
40. E.H. Yu, S. Cheng, B.E. Logan, and K. Scott Electrochemical reduction of oxygen with iron phthalocyanine in neutral media J Appl Electrochem 39 2009 705 711
41. R. Jasinski A new fuel cell cathode catalyst Nature 201 1964 1212 1213
42. S. Baranton, C. Coutanceau, C. Roux, F. Hahn, and J.M. Léger Oxygen reduction reaction in acid medium at iron phthalocyanine dispersed on high surface area carbon substrate: tolerance to methanol, stability and kinetics J Electroanal Chem 577 2005 223 234
43. C.W.B. Bezerra, L. Zhang, K. Lee, H. Liu, A.L.B. Marques, and E.P. Marques et al. A review of Fe-N/C and Co-N/C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction Electrochimica Acta 53 2008 4937 4951
44. L. Birry, P. Mehta, F. Jaouen, J.P. Dodelet, S. Guiot, and B. Tartakovsky Application of iron-based cathode catalysts in a microbial fuel cell Electrochimica Acta 56 2011 1505 1511
45. F. Zhao, F. Harnisch, U. Schröder, F. Scholz, P. Bogdanoff, and I. Herrmann Application of pyrolysed iron (II) phthalocyanine and CoTMPP based oxygen reduction catalysts as cathode materials in microbial fuel cells Electrochem Commun 7 2005 1405 1410
46. S. Cheng, H. Liu, and B.E. Logan Power densities using different cathode catalysts (Pt and CoTMPP) and polymer binders (Nafion and PTFE) in single chamber microbial fuel cells Environ Sci Technol 40 2006 364 369
47. J.R. Kim, J.Y. Kim, S.B. Han, K.W. Park, G. Saratale, and S.E. Oh Application of Co-naphthalocyanine (CoNPc) as alternative cathode catalyst and support structure for microbial fuel cells Bioresour Technol 102 2011 342 347
48. L. Wang, P. Liang, J. Zhang, and X. Huang Activity and stability of pyrolyzed iron ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as cathode catalyst in microbial fuel cells Bioresour Technol 102 2011 5093 5097
49. Y. Zhang, G. Mo, X. Li, and J. Ye Iron tetrasulfophthalocyanine functionalized graphene as a platinum-free cathodic catalyst for efficient oxygen reduction in microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 197 2011 93 96
50. M. Ozawa, and E. Osawa Carbon blacks as the source materials for carbon nanotechnology Carbon Nanotechnol 2006 127 151
51. M. Ghasemi, M. Ismail, S.K. Kamarudin, K. Saeedfar, W.R.W. Daud, and S.H.A. Hassan et al. Carbon nanotube as an alternative cathode support and catalyst for microbial fuel cells Appl Energy 102 2012 1050 1056
52. M. Ghasemi, S. Shahgaldi, M. Ismail, B.H. Kim, Z. Yaakob, and W.R. Wan Daud Activated carbon nanofibers as an alternative cathode catalyst to platinum in a two-chamber microbial fuel cell Int J Hydrogen Energy 36 2011 13746 13752
53. C. Portet, P. Taberna, P. Simon, and E. Flahaut Influence of carbon nanotubes addition on carbon-carbon supercapacitor performances in organic electrolyte J Power Sources 139 2005 371 378
54. M. Penza, G. Cassano, P. Aversa, F. Antolini, A. Cusano, and M. Consales et al. Carbon nanotubes-coated multi-transducing sensors for VOCs detection Sensors Actuators B Chem 111 2005 171 180
55. X. Chen, Y. Zhang, X. Gao, G. Pan, X. Jiang, and J. Qu et al. Electrochemical hydrogen storage of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers Int J Hydrogen Energy 29 2004 743 748
56. Y. Li, W. Zhou, H. Wang, L. Xie, Y. Liang, and F. Wei et al. An oxygen reduction electrocatalyst based on carbon nanotube-graphene complexes Nat Nanotechnol 7 2012 394 400
57. H. Li, H. Liu, Z. Jong, W. Qu, D. Geng, and X. Sun et al. Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes with high activity for oxygen reduction in alkaline media Int J Hydrogen Energy 36 2011 2258 2265
58. S. Chen, Y. Chen, G. He, S. He, U. Schröder, and H. Hou Stainless steel mesh supported nitrogen doped carbon nanofibers for binder-free cathode in microbial fuel cells Biosens Bioelectron 34 2011 282 285
59. W.W. Yin, W.R.W. Daud, A.B. Mohamad, A.A.H. Kadhum, E.H. Majlan, and L.K. Shyuan Nitrogen-containing carbon nanotubes as cathodic catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells Diam Relat Mater 22 2011 12 22
60. L. Qu, Y. Liu, J.-B. Baek, and L. Dai Nitrogen-doped graphene as efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in fuel cells ACS nano 4 2010 1321 1326
61. Y. Hu, Q. Xu, J. Sun, B. Hou, and Y. Zhang Iron-and nitrogen- functionalized graphene as a non-precious metal catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell J Power Sources 213 2012 265 269
62. C. Coutanceau, M. Croissant, T. Napporn, and C. Lamy Electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen at platinum particles dispersed in a polyaniline film Electrochimica Acta 46 2000 579 588
63. X. Zhang, L. Ji, S. Zhang, and W. Yang Synthesis of a novel polyaniline-intercalated layered manganese oxide nanocomposite as electrode material for electrochemical capacitor J Power Sources 173 2007 1017 1023
64. V. Khomenko, V. Barsukov, and A. Katashinskii The catalytic activity of conducting polymers toward oxygen reduction Electrochimica Acta 50 2005 1675 1683
65. Y. Yuan, S. Zhou, and L. Zhuang Polypyrrole/carbon black composite as a novel oxygen reduction catalyst for microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 195 2010 3490 3493
66. L. Fu, S.J. You, G.Q. Zhang, F.L. Yang, X.H. Fang, and Z. Gong PB/PANI-modified electrode used as a novel oxygen reduction cathode in microbial fuel cell Biosens Bioelectron 26 2011 1975 1979
67. Y. Yuan, J. Ahmed, and S. Kim Polyaniline/carbon black composite-supported iron phthalocyanine as an oxygen reduction catalyst for microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 196 2011 1103 1106
68. C. Feng, Q. Wan, Z. Lv, X. Yue, Y. Chen, and C. Wei One-step fabrication of membraneless microbial fuel cell cathode by electropolymerization of polypyrrole onto stainless steel mesh Biosens Bioelectron 26 2011 3953 3957
69. Z. He, and L.T. Angenent Application of bacterial biocathodes in microbial fuel cells Electroanalysis 18 2006 2009 2015
70. Z. Wang, Y. Zheng, Y. Xiao, S. Wu, Y. Wu, and Z. Yang et al. Analysis of oxygen reduction and microbial community of air-diffusion biocathode in microbial fuel cells Bioresour Technol 144 2013 74 79
71. K. Rabaey, S.T. Read, P. Clauwaert, S. Freguia, P.L. Bond, and L.L. Blackall et al. Cathodic oxygen reduction catalyzed by bacteria in microbial fuel cells ISME J 2 2008 519 527
72. G. Zhang, Q. Zhao, Y. Jiao, K. Wang, D.J. Lee, and N. Ren Biocathode microbial fuel cell for efficient electricity recovery from dairy manure Biosens Bioelectron 31 2011 537 543
73. P. Clauwaert, D. Van Der Ha, N. Boon, K. Verbeken, M. Verhaege, and K. Rabaey et al. Open air biocathode enables effective electricity generation with microbial fuel cells Environ Sci Technol 41 2007 7564 7569
74. Y. Zhang, J. Sun, Y. Hu, S. Li, and Q. Xu Bio-cathode materials evaluation in microbial fuel cells: a comparison of graphite felt, carbon paper and stainless steel mesh materials Int J Hydrogen Energy 37 2012 16935 16972
75. J. Wei, P. Liang, X. Cao, and X. Huang Use of inexpensive semicoke and activated carbon as biocathode in microbial fuel cells Bioresour Technol 102 2011 10431 10435
76. G. Zhang, Q. Zhao, Y. Jiao, J. Zhang, J. Jiang, and N. Ren et al. Improved performance of microbial fuel cell using combination biocathode of graphite fiber brush and graphite granules J Power Sources 196 2011 6036 6041
77. L. Zhuang, Y. Yuan, G. Yang, and S. Zhou In situ formation of graphene/biofilm composites for enhanced oxygen reduction in biocathode microbial fuel cells Electrochem Commun 21 2012 69 72
78. Zhang Y, Sun J, Hu Y, Li S, Xu Q. Carbon nanotube-coated stainless steel mesh for enhanced oxygen reduction in biocathode microbial fuel cells. J Power Sources;239:169-174.
79. 2) cathodes Biochem Eng J 54 2011 10 15
80. M. Lu, L. Guo, S. Kharkwal, H. Wu, H.Y. Ng, and S.F. Yau Li Manganese-polypyrrole-carbon nanotube, a new oxygen reduction catalyst for air-cathode microbial fuel cells J Power Sources 221 2012 381 386