Effect of ionic strength, cation exchanger and inoculum age on the performance of Microbial Fuel Cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7542-7546

  Mohan, Yama ^a   Das, Debabrata ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Inoculum age; Ionic strength; Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC); Proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

ANODE CHAMBERS; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; CATION EXCHANGERS; EFFECT OF IONIC STRENGTH; ELECTRON MEDIATOR; ENTEROBACTER; INOCULUM AGE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; METHYLENE BLUE; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POWER DENSITIES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SURFACE AREA;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

IONIC STRENGTH;

EID: 68349139712     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.101     Document Type: Article

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