Effects of anode and cathode area on organic compounds removal and power generation in membraneless microbial fuel cell (MFC)

ECS Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Santoro, Carlo ^a,b   Cristiani, Pierangela ^c   Agrios, Alexander G ^a,b   Li, Baikun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO RSE S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE AREA; CATHODE AREA; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANELESS; SINGLE CHAMBERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT EFFICIENCIES;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CATHODES;

EID: 84871999475     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3687391     Document Type: Conference Paper

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