Microbial fuel cells based on carbon veil electrodes: Stack configuration and scalability

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1228-1240

  Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^a   Greenman, John ^b   Melhuish, Chris ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; Fluidic conductance; Internal resistance; Maximum power transfer; Microbial fuel cells; Mixed culture; Scalability; Stack configuration

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION; SCALABILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONTINUOUS FLOW; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; MIXED CULTURE; STACK CONFIGURATION;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 55949104194     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1419     Document Type: Article

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