abstract

• Plants microbial fuel cells (PMFC) is novel system that generates renewable, clean, and sustainable electricity with minimal environmental impact. 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. © 2021 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.

authors

• Acosta-Coll M.
• Ospino A.
• Peña Gallardo Rafael

publication date

• 2021-01-01

published in

• International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering  Journal

keywords

• Clean energy Electric potential Microbial fuel cell Plant microbial fuel cell Resistivity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.11591/ijece.v11i3.pp1933-1941

PubMed ID

start page

• 1933

end page

• 1941

volume

• 11

issue

• 3