Deposition of Fe on graphite felt by thermal decomposition of Fe(CO)5 for effective cathodic preparation of microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 134, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-35

  Wang, Peng ^a,b   Lai, Bin ^a,b   Li, Haoran ^a   Du, Zhuwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cathodic modification; Iron pentacarbonyl; Microbial fuel cells; Power promotion; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; PYROLYSIS;

CATHODIC MODIFICATIONS; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; IRON PENTACARBONYLS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); POWER PROMOTION;

CATHODES;

FERRIC OXIDE; GRAPHITE; IRON; PLATINUM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLATINUM; POWER GENERATION; RESIN; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84875255219     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.153     Document Type: Article

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