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The study presents a hierarchically meso-macroporous carbon anode for microbial fuel cells, exhibiting a high power density of 1034 mW m⁻². This is significantly higher than macroporous, mesoporous, and carbon cloth anodes. The design shows promise for improving MFC performance.

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What they did

System
MFC

What worked

Power density1034mW/m²

Abstract

The HN-C exhibited a high power density (1034 mW m −2 ), which was much higher than the macroporous carbon anode MFC (811 mW m −2 ) and mesoporous carbon anode MFC (678 mW m −2 ) and was 2.2-folds that of carbon cloth anode MFC (467 mW m −2 ).

Key findings

  • HN-C anode showed a power density of 1034 mW m⁻²
  • Macroporous carbon anode MFC had a power density of 811 mW m⁻²
  • Meso-macroporous carbon anode outperformed carbon cloth anode by 2.2-fold

Keywords

AnodeCarbon fibersMicrobial fuel cellChemical engineeringMesoporous materialPower density

Identifiers

DOI
10.1039/c5ra26420k
Journal
RSC Advances
Year
2015