TY  - JOUR
TT  - Examination of Zinc Electrode Performance in Microbial Fuel Cells
AU  - Çek, Nurettin
PY  - 2017
DA  - December
JF  - Gazi University Journal of Science
PB  - Gazi University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-1762
SP  - 395
EP  - 402
VL  - 30
IS  - 4
KW  - Microbial fuel cell
KW  - Bacteria
KW  - Organic materials
KW  - Zinc electrode
KW  - Renewable energy
N2  - Microbial fuel cells are oneof the systems of renewable and clean energy generating. One of the mostimportant things in microbial fuel cells is bacterial growth. Composts rich inorganic substances are commonly used in microbial fuel cells because theypositively affect bacterial growth. In addition, in recent years, studies onthe use of non-inert (metal etc.) electrodes have increased; while inert(usually carbon based etc.) electrodes are generally used in microbial fuelcells. The objective of this study is to evaluate zinc anode performance byusing microbial fuel cells mixed with compost. Experiments were carried out in microbialfuel cell equipped with zinc anode electrode and graphite cathode electrode.According to experiments, zinc is a suitable anode electrode of that utilizeselectrochemical and biochemical reactions and therefore the microbial fuel cellproduces high power density (5.33 W/m2). Zinc, which has a goodelectrochemical and biochemical performance, undergoes corrosion. But,according to measurements and calculations made on the basis of literature theanode zinc electrode used in this study is located in the category ofcorrosion-resistant material. The zinc anode for microbial fuel cells is thepromising electrode technology. The experiments; the microbial fuel cell in thisstudy, electrolyte, electrode, biofuel source, biocatalyst, etc. shows that theparameters work in harmony.
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