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Development of Bipolar Plate Stack Type Microbial Fuel Cells

  • Shin, Seung-Hun (Department of Chemistry and Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University) ;
  • Choi, Young-jin (Department of Microbial Engineering and Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University) ;
  • Na, Sun-Hee (Department of Chemistry and Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University) ;
  • Jung, Seun-ho (Department of Microbial Engineering and Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-hyun (Department of Chemistry and Department of Advanced Technology Fusion, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University)
  • Published : 2006.02.20
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Abstract

Microbial fuel cells (MFC) stacked with bipolar plates have been constructed and their performance was tested. In this design, single fuel cell unit was connected in series by bipolar plates where an anode and a cathode were made in one graphite block. Two types of bipolar plate stacked MFCs were constructed. Both utilized the same glucose oxidation reaction catalyzed by Gram negative bacteria, Proteus vulgaris as a biocatalyst in an anodic compartment, but two different cathodic reactions were employed: One with ferricyanide reduction and the other with oxygen reduction reactions. In both cases, the total voltage was the mathematical sum of individual fuel cells and no degradation in performance was found. Electricity from these MFCs was stored in a supercapacitor to drive external loads such as a motor and electric bulb.

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