A bipolar membrane combined with ferric iron reduction as an efficient cathode system in microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5200-5205

  Ter Heijne, Annemiek ^a   Hamelers, Hubertus V M ^a   De Wilde, Vinnie ^a   Rozendal, René A ^a,b   Buisman, Cees J N ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR MEMBRANES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RECOVERY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC);

CATALYSTS; CURRENT DENSITY; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IRON; REDUCTION;

FUEL CELLS;

FERRIC ION; GRAPHITE; MANGANESE DIOXIDE;

CATALYSTS; CURRENT DENSITY; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IRON; REDUCTION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; ION EXCHANGE; MICROORGANISM;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOREACTOR; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY YIELD; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33748562194     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0608545     Document Type: Article

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