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Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 2
August 20-21, 2018 | Paris, France
Materials Science and Materials Chemistry
International Conference on
Low cost membrane for efficient microbial fuel cell
Shrok Allami, Mohammed Abed Hamid
and
Bayan Saad
Ministry of Science and Technology, Iraq
E
lectric energy generation from the association of organic
materials in the wastewater by microbes using microbial
fuel cell (MFC) is one of the developing techniques used to gain
high efficiency for some applications. The goal of this project
is to construct low-cost, double-chambered MFCs that harvest
electricity and produce reclaimedwater fromwastewater.MFCs
were constructed from cheap alternatives to traditionally used
expensive Nafion membranes and platinum cathodes. Low-
Density Polyethylene, aluminium and graphite for membrane,
cathode, and anode respectively were used to construct double
chamber MFC. The double-chambered consist of wastewater
andsaltsolutionattheanodeandcathodesidesrespectively.The
MFCproducedabout 0.087mA/cm2of anodeareaat apotential
of more than 0.642 V. MFC efficiency produced 0.49%. A 3MFCs
series connected produce 2.232 V and 67% fuel cell efficiency.
Speaker Biography
Shrok Allami is a scientific researcher in the ministry of science and technology-renewable
energy directory of the department of hydrogen and biofuel. She has completed her
PhD in 2007 from University Technology, Iraq. She has published more than 25 papers in
reputed journals, participated in more than 16 national and international conferences as a
researcher and has been serving as an editorial board member in Iraqi scientific journals.
e
: shrokabdullah@yahoo.com