Effect of nitrogen addition on the performance of microbial fuel cell anodes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 395-398

  Saito, Tomonori ^a,b   Mehanna, Maha ^a   Wang, Xin ^c   Cusick, Roland D ^a   Feng, Yujie ^c   Hickner, Michael A ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode treatment; Bacterial adhesion; Diazonium functionalization; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA GAS; ANODE SURFACES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARBON CLOTHS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; POWER DENSITIES; TETRAFLUOROBORATES; XPS;

ADHESION; ANODES; BACTERIOLOGY; BENZENE; BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBON; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLVENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CLOTHING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957345664     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.05.063     Document Type: Article

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