Electricity generation in a membrane-less microbial fuel cell with down-flow feeding onto the cathode

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7324-7328

  Zhu, Feng ^a   Wang, Wancheng ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Tao, Guanhong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air cathode; Down flow; Membrane less; Microbial fuel cell; Oxygen diffusion

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; BREWERY WASTEWATER; CONCENTRATION OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOWN-FLOW; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; HIGH POWER DENSITY; INFLUENT FLOW RATE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE-LESS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POWER DENSITIES;

CATHODES; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLOW RATE; FUEL CELLS; GLUCOSE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GLUCOSE;

BREWING INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATHODE RAY TUBE; DOWN FLOW FEEDING; ELECTRICITY; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE LESS MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; RHEOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 79958286690     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.062     Document Type: Article

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