Long-term performance of activated carbon air cathodes with different diffusion layer porosities in microbial fuel cells

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Pant, Deepak ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activated carbon air cathode; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Long term; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; CATHODE PERFORMANCE; DEGRADED PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION LAYERS; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TEST; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LIQUID VOLUME; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM STABILITY; LONG-TERM; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROPORES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN TRANSFER; POWER DENSITIES; PT-CATALYZED; SURFACE AREA;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; PLATINUM;

CATHODES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; OXYGEN; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POLARIZATION; POROSITY; POTENTIOMETRY;

AIR; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CHARCOAL; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; POROSITY;

EID: 80755153741     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: 18734235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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