Effects of the Pt loading side and cathode-biofilm on the performance of a membrane-less and single-chamber microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1197-1202

  Yang, Shaoqiang ^a   Jia, Boyang ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bamboo charcoal; Cathode biofilm; Microbial fuel cells; Pt loading side

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; CELL MEMBRANES; CHARCOAL; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANODE CHAMBERS; BAMBOO CHARCOAL; BAMBOO CHARCOALS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCIES; EXTERNAL RESISTANCES; LONG TIMES; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUTS; MAXIMUM VOLTAGES; POWER OUTPUTS; PT LOADING SIDE; PT LOADINGS; REDUCTION POTENTIALS;

BIOFILMS;

PLATINUM;

BAMBOO; BIOFILM; PLATINUM; POWER GENERATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRESSURE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLATINUM;

EID: 55549110046     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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