Improved energy output levels from small-scale Microbial Fuel Cells

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Ieropoulos, I ^a   Greenman, J ^b   Melhuish, C ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cell reversal; MFC stacks; PEM; Rapid prototype; Small scale MFCs

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBRE ELECTRODES; CELL REVERSALS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENERGY OUTPUT; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; INTERNAL IMPEDANCE; MICROBIAL CULTURE; POLARISATION; POLARIZATION EXPERIMENTS; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OUT PUT; SCALE-UP; STRUCTURAL MATERIALS;

ABS RESINS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUTADIENE; CARBON FIBERS; CELL CULTURE; COATED MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POLARIZATION; STYRENE; WASTEWATER;

EXPERIMENTS;

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; FERRICYANIDE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANODE; ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CATHODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; ION EXCHANGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POLARIZATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649234772     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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