Justine has raised the bar for our group one more time and
at the same time on thanks giving day this is so gratifying to learn about her
first authored paper on “'Energy
Harvesting from Organic Liquids in Micro-Sized Microbial Fuel Cells” is
accepted to Nature Asia Materials. With an impact factor of 9.042, Nature Asia
Materials stands out as 12th in the global spectrum of journals
focusing on multidisciplinary research. In this paper, we have demonstrated a
micro-sized (75 mL) MFC with graphene anode and air cathode fueled by human
saliva producing higher current densities (1190 A/m3) than any previous
air-cathode micro-sized MFCs and generated 40 times more power than that
possible with a carbon cloth anode. We are humbled to receive the review by
distinguished reviewer(s), “This manuscript presents an interesting comparative
study of various anode materials in a simple structure for microbial fuel
cells. The authors show, in particular, that graphene outperforms copper and
carbon cloth in this case. Saliva is demonstrated as a useful source of fuel.
The reported output powers begin to approach levels that might be useful for
advanced, low power circuit designs. Overall, I found the content interesting,
and relevant to the emerging field of bio-integrated electronics.”
With this paper, each of our graduating PhD students havscoreded one first authored paper in Nature!!! A remarkable achievement from an infant school like KAUST.
Justine: 1sDecemberbr is your first day to start
your professional career as a PhD, 14th is your hooding and nothing
can be more exciting to celebrate all these occasions with a Nature paper!
Energy
Harvesting from Saliva in Micro-Sized Microbial Fuel Cells by Justine E. Mink, Ramy M.
Qaisi, Bruce E. Logan, Muhammad M. Hussain