Use of carbon mesh anodes and the effect of different pretreatment methods on power production in microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6870-6874

  Wang, Xin ^a   Cheng, Shaoan ^b   Feng, Yujie ^a   Merrill, Matthew D ^b   Saito, Tomonori ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA GAS; CARBON CLOTHS; CARBON PAPER; ELECTRODE SPACING; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FLAT ELECTRODES; HEATED SURFACES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW COSTS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MUFFLE FURNACES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PRODUCTION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS;

ACETONE; AMMONIA; ANODES; ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEATING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POWER GENERATION;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTRODE; CARBON MESH ANODE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GAS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMMONIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HOT TEMPERATURE; POROSITY; SEWAGE;

EID: 69549128558     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900997w     Document Type: Article

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