Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell

Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell

The cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an influential step in fuel cells for the electrochemical energy conversion. Here we synthesized Polyvinylpyrrolidone incorporated carbon nanotube supported manganese dioxide (PVP-MnO2/CNT) composite and used as ORR electrocatalyst for air-cathode micr...

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Main Authors: Huei, Ruey Ong, Chee, Wai Woon, Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad, Yousuf, Abu, Cheng, C. K., Khan, Maksudur R.
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Published: International Journal of Electrochemical Science 2018
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spelling ump-237432020-02-28T08:14:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23743/ Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell Huei, Ruey Ong Chee, Wai Woon Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad Yousuf, Abu Cheng, C. K. Khan, Maksudur R. TP Chemical technology The cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an influential step in fuel cells for the electrochemical energy conversion. Here we synthesized Polyvinylpyrrolidone incorporated carbon nanotube supported manganese dioxide (PVP-MnO2/CNT) composite and used as ORR electrocatalyst for air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC). The physical and electrochemical characterization of PVP-MnO2/CNT were performed by using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), X-ray Diffraction analysis (XRD), Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The electrochemical characterization results showed that the PVP-MnO2/CNT possessed the higher ORR catalytic activity with lower charge transfer resistance compared to MnO2 and MnO2/CNT. The performance of the electrocatalysts as cathode was evaluated in air-cathode MFC and it was found that the MFC with MnO2-PVP/CNT electrocatalyst generated a maximum power density of 1365.30 mW/m3, which was higher than that of MFCs with MnO2/CNT catalyst (1083.98 mW/m3), MnO2 (540.91mW/m3) and CNT (438.47 mW/m3). Therefore, the viable synthetic strategy and proposed application of PVP-MnO2/CNT will broaden up the reality of MFC for power generation. International Journal of Electrochemical Science 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23743/1/130807789.pdf Huei, Ruey Ong and Chee, Wai Woon and Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad and Yousuf, Abu and Cheng, C. K. and Khan, Maksudur R. (2018) Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 13. pp. 7789-7799. ISSN 1452-3981 http://www.electrochemsci.org/list18.htm https://doi.org/10.20964/2018.08.05
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topic TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Huei, Ruey Ong
Chee, Wai Woon
Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
description The cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an influential step in fuel cells for the electrochemical energy conversion. Here we synthesized Polyvinylpyrrolidone incorporated carbon nanotube supported manganese dioxide (PVP-MnO2/CNT) composite and used as ORR electrocatalyst for air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFC). The physical and electrochemical characterization of PVP-MnO2/CNT were performed by using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), X-ray Diffraction analysis (XRD), Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). The electrochemical characterization results showed that the PVP-MnO2/CNT possessed the higher ORR catalytic activity with lower charge transfer resistance compared to MnO2 and MnO2/CNT. The performance of the electrocatalysts as cathode was evaluated in air-cathode MFC and it was found that the MFC with MnO2-PVP/CNT electrocatalyst generated a maximum power density of 1365.30 mW/m3, which was higher than that of MFCs with MnO2/CNT catalyst (1083.98 mW/m3), MnO2 (540.91mW/m3) and CNT (438.47 mW/m3). Therefore, the viable synthetic strategy and proposed application of PVP-MnO2/CNT will broaden up the reality of MFC for power generation.
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author Huei, Ruey Ong
Chee, Wai Woon
Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
author_facet Huei, Ruey Ong
Chee, Wai Woon
Muhammad Sheraz, Ahmad
Yousuf, Abu
Cheng, C. K.
Khan, Maksudur R.
author_sort Huei, Ruey Ong
title Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
title_short Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
title_fullStr Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
title_full_unstemmed Facile Synthesis of PVP-MnO2/CNT Composites as ORR Electrocatalyst for an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell
title_sort facile synthesis of pvp-mno2/cnt composites as orr electrocatalyst for an air-cathode microbial fuel cell
publisher International Journal of Electrochemical Science
publishDate 2018
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23743/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23743/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23743/1/130807789.pdf
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