Issue 4, 2011
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Energy & Environmental Science

Nano-structured textiles as high-performance aqueous cathodes for microbial fuel cells†

Xing Xie,a   Mauro Pasta,bc   Liangbing Hu,b   Yuan Yang,b   James McDonough,b   Judy Cha,b   Craig S. Criddle*a  and  Yi Cui*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
E-mail: ccriddle@stanford.edu
Tel: +1-650-723-9032

b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
E-mail: yicui@stanford.edu
Fax: +1-650-725-4034
Tel: +1-650-723-4613

c Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Metallorganica e Analitica “Lamberto Malatesta”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, Milan, Italy

Abstract

A carbon nanotube (CNT)–textile–Pt cathode for aqueous-cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was prepared by electrochemically depositing Pt nanoparticles on a CNT–textile. An MFC equipped with a CNT–textile–Pt cathode revealed a 2.14-fold maximum power density with only 19.3% Pt loading, compared to that with a commercial Pt coated carbon cloth cathode.

Graphical abstract: Nano-structured textiles as high-performance aqueous cathodes for microbial fuel cells

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0EE00793E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Dec 2010
Accepted
01 Feb 2011
First published
17 Feb 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 1293-1297

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Nano-structured textiles as high-performance aqueous cathodes for microbial fuel cells

X. Xie, M. Pasta, L. Hu, Y. Yang, J. McDonough, J. Cha, C. S. Criddle and Y. Cui, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 1293 DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00793E

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