Comparison of membrane- and cloth-cathode assembly for scalable microbial fuel cells: Construction, performance and cost

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 929-934

  Zhuang, Li ^a   Feng, Chunhua ^b   Zhou, Shungui ^a   Li, Yongtao ^c   Wang, Yueqiang ^a  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloth cathode assembly; Internal resistance; Membrane cathode assembly; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Scalability

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; BREWERY WASTEWATER; CARBON CLOTHS; CATHODE ASSEMBLIES; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; COD REMOVAL; CONDUCTIVE PAINTS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; FED BATCHES; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; IS COSTS; MATERIAL COST; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; POWER PRODUCTION; SCALING-UP;

BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COSTS; HOT PRESSING; MEMBRANES; NICKEL ALLOYS; REMOVAL; SCALABILITY; WASTEWATER;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 77950915947     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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