Skip to main content
Article
A Microfluidic Reactor for Energy Applications
Open Journal of Applied Biosensor
  • Luke T. Wagner, Iowa State University
  • Jie Yang, Iowa State University
  • Susan Ghobadian, Tarbiat Modares University
  • Reza Montazami, Iowa State University
  • Nicole N. Hashemi, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
11-1-2012
DOI
10.4236/ojab.2012.13003
Abstract

Miniature microbial fuel cells have recently drawn lots of attention as portable power generation devices due to their short startup time and environmentally-friendly process which could be used for powering small integrated biosensors. We designed and fabricated a microbial fuel cell in a microfluidic platform. The device was made in polydimethylsiloxane with a volume of 4 μL and consisted of two carbon cloth electrodes and proton exchange membrane. Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 was chosen to be the electrogenic bacterial strain and inoculated into the anode chamber. Ferricyanide was used as the catholyte and pumped into the cathode chamber at a constant flow rate during the experiment. The mi- niature microbial fuel cell generated a maximum current of 2.59 μA and had a significantly short startup time.

Comments

This article is from Open Journal of Applied Biosensor 1 (2012): 21, doi:10.4236/ojab.2012.13003. Posted with permission.

Rights
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright Owner
SciRes
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Luke T. Wagner, Jie Yang, Susan Ghobadian, Reza Montazami, et al.. "A Microfluidic Reactor for Energy Applications" Open Journal of Applied Biosensor Vol. 1 Iss. 3 (2012) p. 21 - 25
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nastaran_hashemi/6/