Carbon-supported perovskite oxides as oxygen reduction reaction catalyst in single chambered microbial fuel cells

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 774-778

  Dong, Heng ^a   Yu, Hongbing ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhou, Qixing ^a   Sun, Jingwen ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Cathodic catalyst; Microbial fuel cell; Oxygen reduction; Perovskite type oxide

Indexed keywords

CATHODIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEROVSKITE TYPE OXIDES;

BIOFOULING; CARBON; CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS;

CATHODES;

CARBON; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CATALYSIS; CATALYST SUPPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PARTICLE SIZE; REVERSE MICELLE;

EID: 84870571601     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.3893     Document Type: Article

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