Abstract
Anodes play an important role in the extracellular electron transfer (EET) process in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Herein, polyaniline modified multilayer MXene (PANI-MXene) on carbon cloth was used as an anode to improve the EET efficiency. The PANI-MXene was formed by the electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged groups of MXene and the positively charged protonated amino groups of PANI to enhance the bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation. The MFCs obtained a high maximum power density (737.3 mW·m-2) with the efficient EET process. This work provides a meaningful way to decorate anodes using binder-free modifiers for MFCs.
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This work was financially supported by the Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2018YFC1803100), the Higher Education Teaching Reform Research Project of Jiangsu Province (2021JSJG215), the Teaching Reform Research and Practice Project of Southeast University (2019–096), the Youth Project of Science & Technology Research Program of Chongqing Education Commission of China (KJQN201901208), and the Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2021jcyj-msxm2242).
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Jiang, D., Zhu, C., He, Y. et al. Polyaniline-MXene-coated carbon cloth as an anode for microbial fuel cells. J Solid State Electrochem 26, 2435–2443 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-022-05255-2
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