Quantification of the internal resistance distribution of microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 8101-8107

  Fan, Yanzhen ^a   Sharbrough, Evan ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR CATHODES; ANODE SURFACES; AREA RATIOS; CATHODE SURFACES; CHAMBER SYSTEMS; INTERNAL RESISTANCES; LIMITING FACTORS; MEMBRANE RESISTANCES; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; POWER DENSITIES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ELECTROLYTE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MICROORGANISM; PHOSPHATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BUFFERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PROTONS;

EID: 55349136222     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801229j     Document Type: Article

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