摘要
In this study, DOW CORNING 1-2577 Con- formal Coating was proposed for the cathode diffusion layer of the microbial fuel cell （MFC）. In MFCs, stainless steel mesh cathodes using DOW CORN1NG 1-2577 Conformal Coating/carbon as the diffusion layer and two poly （dimethylsiloxane） （PDMS）/carbon diffusion layers and carbon cloth cathode with four poly （tetrafluoroethy- lene） （PTFE） diffusion layers were constructed for comparison. Under the same operational condition, the MFCs with the DOW CORNING 1-2577 Conformal Coating/carbon diffusion layer produced the maximum power density of 1585q-52mW-m2, compared with those using poly （tetrafluoroethylene） （PTFE） diffusion layers （1421 ~45 mW. m-2） and poly （dimethylsiloxane） （PDMS）/carbon diffusion layers （13534-49 mW. m-E）. The DOW CORNING 1-2577 Conformal Coating could be an alternative for the diffusion layer construction in the MFC due to its remarkable performance and much simple construction procedure.
In this study, DOW CORNING 1-2577 Con- formal Coating was proposed for the cathode diffusion layer of the microbial fuel cell （MFC）. In MFCs, stainless steel mesh cathodes using DOW CORN1NG 1-2577 Conformal Coating/carbon as the diffusion layer and two poly （dimethylsiloxane） （PDMS）/carbon diffusion layers and carbon cloth cathode with four poly （tetrafluoroethy- lene） （PTFE） diffusion layers were constructed for comparison. Under the same operational condition, the MFCs with the DOW CORNING 1-2577 Conformal Coating/carbon diffusion layer produced the maximum power density of 1585q-52mW-m2, compared with those using poly （tetrafluoroethylene） （PTFE） diffusion layers （1421 ~45 mW. m-2） and poly （dimethylsiloxane） （PDMS）/carbon diffusion layers （13534-49 mW. m-E）. The DOW CORNING 1-2577 Conformal Coating could be an alternative for the diffusion layer construction in the MFC due to its remarkable performance and much simple construction procedure.
