Artículo de revista
Substrate treatment for the increment of electric power potential from plants microbial fuel cells
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2088-8708
Corporación Universidad de la Costa
REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
Autor
Acosta-Coll, Melisa
Ospino C., Adalberto
Carbonell-Navarro, Stalin
Escobar-Duque, Jaider
Peña Gallardo, Rafael
Zamora-Musa, Ronald
Institución
Resumen
Plants microbial fuel cells (PMFC) is novel systemthat generates renewable, clean, and sustainable electricity with minimal environmentalimpact. However, PMFC has limitations in power generation and current density, since its production values is lower than other renewable technologies. Different studies show that the highest limitation for energy generation through MFC is the high resistivity of the cathode, and the solution is to replace the metallic electrodes with non-metallic materials to obtain a better performance, however, the application of these materials requires complex interdisciplinary work. This study conducted three experimental tests using metallic electrodes for the extraction of electrons and combined a black earth substrate with different natural materials, types of plants, and water to determine their influence in the increment of the electric power output.