International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vol 11, No 3: June 2021

Substrate treatment for the increment of electric power potential from plants microbial fuel cells

Melisa Acosta-Coll (Universidad de la Costa)
Adalberto Ospino-Castro (Universidad de la Costa)
Stalin Carbonell-Navarro (Universidad de la Costa)
Jaider Escobar-Duque (Universidad de la Costa)
Rafael Peña-Gallardo (Universidad San Luis de Potosí)
Ronald Zamora-Musa (Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2021

Abstract

Plants microbial fuel cells (PMFC) is novel sytem that generates renewable, clean, and sustainable electricity with minimal environmental impact. However, PMFC has limitations in power generation and current density, since its production values is lower than other renewable technologies. Different studies show that the highest limitation for energy generation through MFC is the high resistivity of the cathode, and the solution is to replace the metallic electrodes with non-metallic materials to obtain a better performance, however, the application of these materials requires complex interdisciplinary work. This study conducted three experimental tests using metallic electrodes for the extraction of electrons and combined a black earth substrate with different natural materials, types of plants, and water to determine their influence in the increment of the electric power output.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJECE

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Description

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of ...