Fabrication of macroporous chitosan scaffolds doped with carbon nanotubes and their characterization in microbial fuel cell operation

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 458-465

  Higgins, Scott R ^a   Foerster, Daniel ^a   Cheung, Andrea ^a,b   Lau, Carolin ^a,c   Bretschger, Orianna ^a   Minteer, Shelley D ^a,d   Nealson, Ken ^a,b   Atanassov, Plamen ^a,c   Cooney, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Chitosan; Hybrid anode material; Microbial fuel cell; Power curve; Shewanella oneidensis MR 1

Indexed keywords

ANODIC MATERIALS; BATCH MODES; BET SURFACE AREA; CARBON FELT ELECTRODES; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSSLINKER; FLOWTHROUGH; GLUTARALDEHYDES; GLYOXAL; GLYOXYL; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; HYBRID ANODE MATERIAL; HYBRID ELECTRODES; MACROPOROUS CHITOSAN; MACROPOROUS ELECTRODES; MATRIX; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OPEN CIRCUITS; POWER CURVE; POWER DENSITIES; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SUPPORT MATERIALS; TRANSFER ELECTRONS;

ALDEHYDES; ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CROSSLINKING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FELT; FUEL CELLS; GLASSY CARBON; HYBRID MATERIALS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STABILITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; CHITOSAN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBODIIMIDES; CARBON; CHITOSAN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLUTARAL; GLYOXAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POROSITY; SHEWANELLA;

SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1;

EID: 79955561177     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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