Power generation using spinel manganese-cobalt oxide as a cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cell applications

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10459-10464

  Mahmoud, Mohamed ^a   Gad Allah, Tarek A ^a   El Khatib, K M ^a   El Gohary, Fatma ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cathode catalyst; Manganese cobalt oxide; Microbial fuel cells; Oxygen reduction reaction; Power generation

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; ATOMIC RATIO; BATCH MODES; CATHODE CATALYST; CELL POTENTIAL; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; MANGANESE-COBALT OXIDES; OXIDE CATALYSTS; OXIDE CATHODE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT CATALYSTS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

CATALYSTS; CATHODES; COBALT; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; WASTEWATER;

MANGANESE OXIDE;

COBALT; MANGANESE; MOLASSES; PLATINUM; SPINEL MANGANESE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS POWER; CATALYST; COBALT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MANGANESE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POWER GENERATION; REDUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPINEL; WASTEWATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; COBALT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; OXYGEN;

EID: 80054832296     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.123     Document Type: Article

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