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creators_name: Ghasemi, M.
creators_name: Wan Daud, W.R.
creators_name: Alam, J.
creators_name: Jafari, Y.
creators_name: Sedighi, M.
creators_name: Aljlil, S.A.
creators_name: Ilbeygi, H.
title: Sulfonated poly ether ether ketone with different degree of sulphonation in microbial fuel cell: Application study and economical analysis
ispublished: pub
keywords: Chemical analysis; Chemical oxygen demand; Cost benefit analysis; Cost effectiveness; Costs; Differential scanning calorimetry; Efficiency; Ethers; Fuel cells; Ion exchange membranes; Ketones; Membranes; Microbial fuel cells; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Power generation; Scanning electron microscopy; Sulfonation; Thermogravimetric analysis; Wastewater treatment, Chemical oxygen demand removals; Cost efficiency analysis; Degree of sulphonation; Nafion 117; Nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR); Proton exchange membranes; Proton-exchange membrane; SPEEK, Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC)
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abstract: A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a device for the simultaneous treatment of wastewater and the generation of electricity with the aid of microorganisms as a biocatalyst. Membranes play an important role in the power generation of microbial fuel cells. Nafion 117, the most common proton exchange membrane (PEM), is expensive and this is the main obstacle for commercialization of MFC. In this study, four kinds of sulphonated poly ether ether ketone (SPEEK) with different degrees of sulphonation (DS) referred to hereafter as SPEEK 1 (DS = 20.8), SPEEK 2 (DS = 41), SPEEK 3 (DS = 63.6), and SPEEK 4 (DS = 76), were fabricated, characterized and applied in an MFC. The membranes were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and their morphologies were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The degree of sulphonation was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Then the membranes were applied to the MFC system. The results indicated that the power produced by MFC with SPEEK 3 (68.64 mW/m2) was higher than with the other SPEEK membranes while it was lower than with Nafion 117 (74.8 mW/m2). SPEEK3 also had the highest chemical oxygen demand removal (91) and coulombic efficiency (26) compared to other SPEEK membranes. The cost evaluation suggests that application of SPEEK 3 is more cost effective than applications of the other types of SPEEK and Nafion 117, due to its high power density generation per cost. Copyright © 2015 Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC.
date: 2016
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84959527337&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijhydene.2015.10.029&partnerID=40&md5=1cbaec865c462e1f3d8696fd80867cb9
id_number: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.10.029
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
volume: 41
number: 8
pagerange: 4862-4871
refereed: TRUE
issn: 03603199
citation:   Ghasemi, M. and Wan Daud, W.R. and Alam, J. and Jafari, Y. and Sedighi, M. and Aljlil, S.A. and Ilbeygi, H.  (2016) Sulfonated poly ether ether ketone with different degree of sulphonation in microbial fuel cell: Application study and economical analysis.  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41 (8).  pp. 4862-4871.  ISSN 03603199