Fouling of proton exchange membrane (PEM) deteriorates the performance of microbial fuel cell

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1817-1824

  Xu, Juan ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Luo, Hong Wei ^a   Li, Wen Wei ^a   Wang, Long Fei ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Microbial fuel cells (MFC); Proton exchange membrane (PEM); Transfer limitation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POSITIVE IONS;

CATHODIC POTENTIALS; ELECTRICAL GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EXTRA CELLULAR POLYMERS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; TRANSFER LIMITATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

INORGANIC SALT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FOULING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOULING CONTROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; PROTON THERAPY;

EID: 84857119892     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.060     Document Type: Article

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