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Understanding energy loss in parallelly connected microbial fuel cells: Non-Faradaic current.
Bioresour Technol. 2016 Mar; 203:280-6.BT

Abstract

In this work, the mechanisms of energy loss in parallel connection of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is explored using two MFC units producing different open circuit voltage (OCV) and current. In open circuit mode, non-Faradaic current flows in low OCV unit, implying energy loss caused by different OCVs in parallelly stacked MFCs. In a stacked MFC in parallel under close circuit mode, it is confirmed that energy loss occurs until the working voltage in high OCV unit becomes identical to the other unit having low OCV. This result indicates that different voltage between individual MFC units can cause energy loss due to both non-Faradic and Faradaic current that flow from high voltage unit to low voltage unit even in parallelly stacked MFCs.

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An J
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada.
Sim J
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada.
Feng Y
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Lee HS
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L3G1, Canada. Electronic address: hyungsool@uwaterloo.ca.

MeSH

Bioelectric Energy SourcesConservation of Energy ResourcesElectricityElectrodesElectronsModels, Theoretical

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

26744801

Citation

An, Junyeong, et al. "Understanding Energy Loss in Parallelly Connected Microbial Fuel Cells: Non-Faradaic Current." Bioresource Technology, vol. 203, 2016, pp. 280-6.
An J, Sim J, Feng Y, et al. Understanding energy loss in parallelly connected microbial fuel cells: Non-Faradaic current. Bioresour Technol. 2016;203:280-6.
An, J., Sim, J., Feng, Y., & Lee, H. S. (2016). Understanding energy loss in parallelly connected microbial fuel cells: Non-Faradaic current. Bioresource Technology, 203, 280-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.033
An J, et al. Understanding Energy Loss in Parallelly Connected Microbial Fuel Cells: Non-Faradaic Current. Bioresour Technol. 2016;203:280-6. PubMed PMID: 26744801.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding energy loss in parallelly connected microbial fuel cells: Non-Faradaic current. AU - An,Junyeong, AU - Sim,Junyoung, AU - Feng,Yujie, AU - Lee,Hyung-Sool, Y1 - 2015/12/22/ PY - 2015/11/02/received PY - 2015/12/10/revised PY - 2015/12/13/accepted PY - 2016/1/9/entrez PY - 2016/1/9/pubmed PY - 2016/12/31/medline KW - Energy loss KW - Microbial fuel cell KW - Parallel connection KW - Series connection SP - 280 EP - 6 JF - Bioresource technology JO - Bioresour Technol VL - 203 N2 - In this work, the mechanisms of energy loss in parallel connection of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) is explored using two MFC units producing different open circuit voltage (OCV) and current. In open circuit mode, non-Faradaic current flows in low OCV unit, implying energy loss caused by different OCVs in parallelly stacked MFCs. In a stacked MFC in parallel under close circuit mode, it is confirmed that energy loss occurs until the working voltage in high OCV unit becomes identical to the other unit having low OCV. This result indicates that different voltage between individual MFC units can cause energy loss due to both non-Faradic and Faradaic current that flow from high voltage unit to low voltage unit even in parallelly stacked MFCs. SN - 1873-2976 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/26744801/Understanding_energy_loss_in_parallelly_connected_microbial_fuel_cells:_Non_Faradaic_current_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960-8524(15)01663-6 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -