TY - JOUR
T1 - Polysulfone composed of polyaniline nanoparticles as nanocomposite proton exchange membrane in microbial fuel cell
AU - Ghasemi, Mostafa
AU - Rahimnejad, Mostafa
AU - Esmaeili, Chakavak
AU - Daud, Wan Ramli Wan
AU - Masdar, Mohd Shahbudin
AU - Majlan, Edy Herianto
AU - Hassan, Sedky H.A.
AU - Alam, Javed
AU - Ismail, Manal
AU - Alhoshan, Mansour Saleh
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Proton exchange membranes play a critical role in the performance of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) but their high price was always a big deal for commercialization of MFCs. In the present study, doped and undoped polyaniline nanoparticles/polysulfone nanocomposites membranes as a new type of PEM, were fabricated and applied in the MFC and their performance was compared with Nafion 117 as a traditional and expensive PEM. The obtained results show that MFC working by undoped Pani/Ps generated 78.1 mW/m2 which is higher than doped Pani/Ps system with 62.5 mW/m2. However, Naion 117 generated the highest power than other types of membrane by 93 mW/m2. It means that undoped Pani/Ps can compete in power generation with Nafion 117 and this is an outlook toward commercialization of MFC.
AB - Proton exchange membranes play a critical role in the performance of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) but their high price was always a big deal for commercialization of MFCs. In the present study, doped and undoped polyaniline nanoparticles/polysulfone nanocomposites membranes as a new type of PEM, were fabricated and applied in the MFC and their performance was compared with Nafion 117 as a traditional and expensive PEM. The obtained results show that MFC working by undoped Pani/Ps generated 78.1 mW/m2 which is higher than doped Pani/Ps system with 62.5 mW/m2. However, Naion 117 generated the highest power than other types of membrane by 93 mW/m2. It means that undoped Pani/Ps can compete in power generation with Nafion 117 and this is an outlook toward commercialization of MFC.
KW - Microbial Fuel Cell, Proton Exchange Membrane, Nanocomposite, Pani
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U2 - 10.3844/ajbbsp.2012.311.319
DO - 10.3844/ajbbsp.2012.311.319
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874385782
SN - 1553-3468
VL - 8
SP - 311
EP - 319
JO - American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
JF - American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
IS - 4
ER -