Cationic fluorinated polymer binders for microbial fuel cell cathodes

RSC Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 5856-5862

  Chen, Guang ^a,b   Wei, Bin ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^b   Hickner, Michael A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODE CATALYST; CATHODE STRUCTURE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTERIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALIZED; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PERFORMANCE LOSS; PERFORMANCE TESTS; POLYARYLENE ETHERS; POLYMER BINDERS; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PRODUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM;

BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

BINDERS;

EID: 84862514284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20705b     Document Type: Article

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