An Investigation of Cell Efficiency of Pathor Kuchi Leaf (PKL) Cell for Electricity Generation

摘要

In recent times, there has been a increasing trend towards attention for the production of electricity from alternate/innovative sources of renewable energy due to the everincreasing need for sustainable yet environment-friendly and lowcost production approaches (i.e., solar, wind, wave, hydro-power etc.). Pathar Kuchi Leaf (PKL) is one such promising source of electricity generation where electro-chemical conversion of energy provide the means to work as an alternate source of cell/battery. Especially in the context of a developing country like Bangladesh, this new form of biomass energy (PKL) possesses a great potential to fulfill the energy demand of rural people, who live under the poverty line. However, the key performance criteria for PKL cell is the assurance of efficient generation of electricity, since it plays a key role in supplying cleaner and proficient electric power to the consumers. Therefore, this paper proposes an experimental study of cell efficiency of PKL (Pathor Kuchi Leaf), on top of the previous analysis provided on this topic in the literature. To be precise, a thorough analysis has been performed in this paper to assess the performance of PKL cell in terms of voltaic efficiency, coulombic efficiency, and energy efficiency. The results from experimental data suggests a nearperfect energy efficiency of PKL cell for our proposed test-bed. With respect to the scope of the work, the overall aim has been to introduce/establish this emerging form of biomass energy to the modern world and discuss it’s important characteristics.