Microbial biofuel cell operating effectively through carbon nanotubeblended with gold-titania nanocomposites modified electrode

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 328-332

  Wu, Yueli ^a   Zhang, Xiaolu ^a   Li, Shuihong ^a   Lv, Xiayi ^a   Cheng, Yao ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High electricity production efficiency; Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Three dimensional nanostructuresmodified anode

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; GOLD; MICROORGANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PAPER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRODE SURFACES; ELECTRON EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84881183333     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.166     Document Type: Article

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