Sustainable design of high-performance microsized microbial fuel cell with carbon nanotube anode and air cathode

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6921-6927

  Mink, Justine E ^a   Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; electrolyte; microbial fuel cell (MFC); nanotechnology; silicon chip

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS; PORTABLE TECHNOLOGIES; SILICON CHIP; ULTRA-LOW-POWER ELECTRONICS;

ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MATERIALS TESTING; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; POWER ELECTRONICS; SILICON;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; ELECTROLYTE; FERRICYANIDE; OXYGEN; SILICON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERRICYANIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINIATURIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXYGEN; SILICON; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84883235524     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402103q     Document Type: Article

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