In this study a new water treatment system that couples （photo-） electrochemical catalysis （PEC or EC） in a microbial fuel cell （MFC） was configured using a stainless-steel （SS） cathode coated w th Fe / TiO2....In this study a new water treatment system that couples （photo-） electrochemical catalysis （PEC or EC） in a microbial fuel cell （MFC） was configured using a stainless-steel （SS） cathode coated w th Fe / TiO2. We examined the destruction of methylene blue （MB） and tetracycline. Fe^0/TiO2 was prepared using a chemical reduction-deposition method and coated onto an SS wire mesh （500 mesh） using a sol technique. The anode generates electricity using microbes （bio-anode）. Connected via wire and ohmic resistance, the system requires a short reaction time and operates at a low cost by effectively remowng 94% MB （initial concentration 20 mg·L^-1） and 83% TOC/TOCo under visible light illumination （50 W; 1.99 mW·cm^-2 for 120 rain, MFC-PEC）. The removal was similar even without light irradiation （MFC-EC）. The EEo of the MFC-PEC system was approximately 0.675 kWh·m^-3. order-l whereas that of the MFC-EC system was zero. The system was able to remove 70% COD in tetracycline solution （initial tetracycline concentration 100 mg·L^-1） after 120 min of visible light illumination; without light, the removal was 15% lower. The destruction of MB and tetracycline in both traditional photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis systems was notably low. The electron spinresonance spectroscopy （ESR） study demonstrated that. OH was formed under visible light, and. 02 was formed without light. The bio-electricity-activated O2 and ROS （reactive oxidizing species） generation by Fe^0/TiO2 effectively degraded the pollutants. This cathodic degradation improved the electricity generation by accepting and consuming more electrons from the bio-anode.展开更多
文摘In this study a new water treatment system that couples （photo-） electrochemical catalysis （PEC or EC） in a microbial fuel cell （MFC） was configured using a stainless-steel （SS） cathode coated w th Fe / TiO2. We examined the destruction of methylene blue （MB） and tetracycline. Fe^0/TiO2 was prepared using a chemical reduction-deposition method and coated onto an SS wire mesh （500 mesh） using a sol technique. The anode generates electricity using microbes （bio-anode）. Connected via wire and ohmic resistance, the system requires a short reaction time and operates at a low cost by effectively remowng 94% MB （initial concentration 20 mg·L^-1） and 83% TOC/TOCo under visible light illumination （50 W; 1.99 mW·cm^-2 for 120 rain, MFC-PEC）. The removal was similar even without light irradiation （MFC-EC）. The EEo of the MFC-PEC system was approximately 0.675 kWh·m^-3. order-l whereas that of the MFC-EC system was zero. The system was able to remove 70% COD in tetracycline solution （initial tetracycline concentration 100 mg·L^-1） after 120 min of visible light illumination; without light, the removal was 15% lower. The destruction of MB and tetracycline in both traditional photocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis systems was notably low. The electron spinresonance spectroscopy （ESR） study demonstrated that. OH was formed under visible light, and. 02 was formed without light. The bio-electricity-activated O2 and ROS （reactive oxidizing species） generation by Fe^0/TiO2 effectively degraded the pollutants. This cathodic degradation improved the electricity generation by accepting and consuming more electrons from the bio-anode.
