在这研究,有呼吸空气的阴极的一个无膜的、整体的微 photocatalytic 燃料房间为同时的废水治疗和电产生被开发。在这个最新开发的微 photocatalytic 燃料房间, photoanode 和阴极与一个 shoulder-to-shoulder 图案被安排,形成二个平面电极。提高的质量的几个优点转移的如此的设计提议,一致轻分发,短轻转移路径,膜消除和容易的制造,集成,和与另外的 microdevices 的相容性。这个类型燃料房间的表演被在碱的条件下面把甲醇用作一种模型污染物质评估。试验性的结果显示发达微 photocatalytic 燃料房间能象耐久性一样显示出好相片反应到照明和令人满意的性能。房间表演上的参量的学习也被执行。增加轻紧张,甲醇集中和 KOH 集中能改进房间表演,这被发现。要不是液体流动率的效果,房间表演第一与增加液体流动率增加了然后与进一步增加液体流动率减少了,这被显示出。这研究不仅为微 photocatalytic 燃料房间的设计打开一条新大街而且对操作条件的优化有用。
In this study, a membraneless, monolithic micro photocatalytic fuel cell with an air-breathing cathode was developed for simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation. In this newly-developed micro photocatalytic fuel cell, the photoanode and cathode were arranged with a shoulder-to-shoulder design, forming two planar electrodes. Such design offers several advantages of enhanced mass transfer, uniform light distribution, short light transfer path, membrane elimination and easy fabrication, integration, and compatibility with other microdevices. The performance of this type fuel cell was evaluated by using methanol as a model pollutant under the alkaline condition. Experimental results indicated the developed micro photocatalytic fuel cell was able to show good photo-response to the illumination and satisfactory performance as well as durability. Parametric study on the cell performance was also performed. It was found that increasing the light intensity, methanol concentration andKOH concentration could improve the cell performance. But for the effect of the liquid flow rate, it was shown that the cell performance firstly increased with increasing the liquid flow rate and then decreased with further increasing the liquid flow rate. This study not only opens a new avenue for the design of the micro photocatalytic fuel cell but also is helpful for the optimization of the operating conditions.