Characterization and comparison of the performance of two different separator types in air-cathode microbial fuel cell treating synthetic wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Sevda, Surajbhan ^a,b   Dominguez Benetton, Xochitl ^b   Vanbroekhoven, Karolien ^b   Sreekrishnan, T R ^a   Pant, Deepak ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air cathode microbial fuel cell; Bioelectricity; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Fumasep ; Sustainable energy production; Zirfon

Indexed keywords

AIR CATHODE; BETTER PERFORMANCE; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SEPARATORS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84878358411     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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