Continuous flowing membraneless microbial fuel cells with separated electrode chambers

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 8914-8920

  Du, Fangzhou ^a   Xie, Beizhen ^a   Dong, Wenbo ^a   Jia, Boyang ^a   Dong, Kun ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continuous flowing; Membraneless; Microbial fuel cell; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FLOWING; ELECTRODE CHAMBERS; ELECTROLYTE FLOWS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; HIGH COSTS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT; MEMBRANELESS; NOBLE METAL CATALYSTS; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

CATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; GLASS FIBERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PRECIOUS METALS; PROTONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ELECTROLYTE; GLASS FIBER; PROTON;

BIOFUEL; CATALYST; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; METAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTINUOUS FLOWING MEMBRANELESS MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 80052346362     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.056     Document Type: Article

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