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Progress in Chemistry 2020, Vol. 32 Issue (12): 2013-2021 DOI: 10.7536/PC200332 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Cathode Denitrification of Microbial Fuel Cells

Rui Zhang1,2, Yun Wu1,2,**(), Lutian Wang1,2, Qiang Wu1,2, Hongwei Zhang1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Separation Membrane and Membrane Processes, TianGong University, Tianjin 300387, China
    2 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, TianGong University, Tianjin 300387, China
  • Received: Revised: Online: Published:
  • Contact: Yun Wu
  • Supported by:
    the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51678410); the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51878448); and the Key Foundation of Tianjin Education Committee(No.2019ZD06)
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The diversity of cathode electron acceptor of microbial fuel cell(MFC) can realize its cathode denitrification, so as to make rational use of the generated electric energy. Therefore, cathode denitrification has become a research direction of MFC, and also provides a new possibility for the removal of nitrogen from actual wastewater. However, there are many factors in the reaction process that will cause NOx-N to compete with other electron acceptors for anode electrons, which affects the utilization of electrons in the cathode denitrification process, resulting in practical problems such as low nitrogen removal efficiency. At present, research has been conducted to make up for the defects of electricity generation by optimizing the structure of MFC and coupling it with other process systems to realize simultaneous nitrification and denitrification, so as to increase the denitrification efficiency and reduce the demand for carbon source, so as to solve the problem of microbial fuel cell cathode denitrification. In this paper, the research progress at home and abroad is reviewed and the future research direction is predicted from the aspects of different denitrification processes of MFC, the factors affecting MFC cathode denitrification, such as MFC process conditions(pH, C/N, DO), polar chamber separation materials, and the composition of cathode denitrification microbial community.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The forms of MFC denitrification processes

2.1 Different denitrification processes

2.2 Coupling Techniques of MFC

3 The main factors affecting MFC cathode denitrification

3.1 Operating parameters

3.2 Polar compartment separation materials

4 The effect of microbial population on MFC cathode denitrification

5 Outlook

Key words: microbial fuel cell, cathode denitrification, C/N, denitrification process, microbial community
Table 1 The advantages and disadvantages of several different separation materials
Separation materials Advantage Disadvantage
anionite membrane effectively reduce the pH gradient Deformation and bending increase internal resistance
Nafion High ion conduction efficiency high cycle life It costs too much and depends on the presence of water
No film MFC effectively reduce the pH gradient Oxygen enters the cathode to compete with nitrate for electrons
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