Electric power generation by a submersible microbial fuel cell equipped with a membrane electrode assembly

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 412-417

  Min, Booki ^a,b   Poulsen, Finn Willy ^b   Thygesen, Anders ^b   Angelidaki, Irini ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Membrane electrode assembly; Microbial fuel cell; Submersible microbial fuel cell; Voltage generation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; CATHODE CHAMBERS; CATHODE ELECTRODES; CURRENT GENERATION; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; HIGH POWER OUTPUT; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; POLARIZATION TESTS; POWER DENSITIES; TAFEL; VOLTAGE GENERATIONS;

AIR; CATHODES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; SUBMERSIBLES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

OXYGEN;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLARIZATION; POWER GENERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ACETATES; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84862252354     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.04.097     Document Type: Article

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