TY - JOUR
T1 - Microcellular Electrode Material for Microbial Bioelectrochemical Systems Synthesized by Hydrothermal Carbonization of Biomass Derived Precursors
AU - Flexer, Victoria
AU - Donose, Bogdan C.
AU - Lefebvre, Camille
AU - Pozo, Guillermo
AU - Boone, Matthieu N.
AU - Van Hoorebeke, Luc
AU - Baccour, Mohamed
AU - Bonnet, Laurent
AU - Calas-Etienne, Sylvie
AU - Galarneau, Anne
AU - Titirici, Magdalena M.
AU - Brun, Nicolas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2016/5/2
Y1 - 2016/5/2
N2 - A new monolithic carbonaceous material, 750-HMF-CarboHIPE, is presented here. The new electrode has been tested as an anode material inside a microbial bioelectrochemical system. In a purposely designed continuous flow bioelectrochemical reactor, the new material showed high biocompatibility, with a continuous biofilm development that remained bioelectrochemically active for over 6 months. A catalytic current of 1.56 mA cm-2/7.8 mA cm-3 (normalization by projected surface area and volumetric current) was reached. The current density was proportional to the flow rate. The new electrode material was synthesized using a high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) as a soft template to confine the polymerization and hydrothermal carbonization of two precursors derived from the cellulosic fraction of biomass and the bark of fruit trees: 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and phloroglucinol, respectively. Altogether, the sustainable synthetic route from biomass materials and the proposed application of oxidizing organic matter present in wastewater to produce electricity in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) close an interesting loop of prospective sustainable technology.
AB - A new monolithic carbonaceous material, 750-HMF-CarboHIPE, is presented here. The new electrode has been tested as an anode material inside a microbial bioelectrochemical system. In a purposely designed continuous flow bioelectrochemical reactor, the new material showed high biocompatibility, with a continuous biofilm development that remained bioelectrochemically active for over 6 months. A catalytic current of 1.56 mA cm-2/7.8 mA cm-3 (normalization by projected surface area and volumetric current) was reached. The current density was proportional to the flow rate. The new electrode material was synthesized using a high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) as a soft template to confine the polymerization and hydrothermal carbonization of two precursors derived from the cellulosic fraction of biomass and the bark of fruit trees: 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and phloroglucinol, respectively. Altogether, the sustainable synthetic route from biomass materials and the proposed application of oxidizing organic matter present in wastewater to produce electricity in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) close an interesting loop of prospective sustainable technology.
KW - Microbial bioelectrochemical systems
KW - electrochemically active biofilm
KW - electrode material
KW - microbial fuel cells
KW - porous carbons
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84968884475
U2 - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01592
DO - 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01592
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84968884475
SN - 2168-0485
VL - 4
SP - 2508
EP - 2516
JO - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
JF - ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
IS - 5
ER -
