Application of nitrogen-doped carbon powders as low-cost and durable cathodic catalyst to air-cathode microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-93

  Shi, Xinxin ^a   Feng, Yujie ^a   Wang, Xin ^b   Lee, He ^c   Liu, Jia ^a   Qu, Youpeng ^a   He, Weihua ^a   Kumar, S M Senthil ^d   Ren, Nanqi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon powder; Low cost; Microbial fuel cell; Nitrogen doped; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON POWDER; HIGH STABILITY; IN-DEPTH STUDY; LONG-TERM OPERATION; LOW-COST; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; N-DOPED; NITROGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN-DOPED; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PRE-TREATMENT;

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; COSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POWDERS;

NITROGEN;

CARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE; PLATINUM;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYST; COST; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; HEATING; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; REDUCTION;

AIR CATHODE MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HEAT TREATMENT; IMMERSION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; NITROGEN;

EID: 84857238590     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.078     Document Type: Article

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