Visible-light responsive photocatalytic fuel cell based on WO3/W photoanode and Cu2O/Cu photocathode for simultaneous wastewater treatment and electricity generation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11451-11458

  Chen, Quanpeng ^a   Li, Jinhua ^a   Li, Xuejin ^a   Huang, Ke ^a   Zhou, Baoxue ^a,b   Cai, Weimin ^a   Shangguan, Wenfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL-BASED; CONGO RED; CONSISTENT OPERATION; DEGRADATION RATE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; EXTERNAL CIRCUITS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; MODEL COMPOUND; OXIDATION POWER; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOANODE; RHODAMINE B; TIME-SCALES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AZO DYES; DEGRADATION; DYES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; FERMI LEVEL; FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHOTOCATHODES;

CONGO RED; COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL; RHODAMINE B; TUNGSTEN;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; LIGHT EFFECT; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TIMESCALE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC FUEL CELL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONGO RED; COPPER; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; LIGHT; OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODAMINES; TUNGSTEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84867913631     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302651q     Document Type: Article

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