Layer-by-layer assembled gold nanoparticles modified anode and its application in microbial fuel cells

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 415, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-111

  Guo, Wei ^a,b   Pi, Yunqing ^a   Song, Hong ^a   Tang, Wen ^a   Sun, Jianhui ^a  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode modification; Gold nanoparticle; Layer by layer assembly; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ANODE MODIFICATION; ANODE PERFORMANCE; CARBON PAPER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; ENERGY SOURCE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; LAYER GROWTH; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MODIFIED CARBON; POWER OUT PUT; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CARBON; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84870259814     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.09.032     Document Type: Article

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