Performance of liter-scale microbial fuel cells with electrode arrays: Effect of array pattern

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 15716-15722

  Zhu, Xun ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Liao, Qiang ^a   Ye, Ding Ding ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Array pattern; Electrode array; Microbial fuel cell; Scale up

Indexed keywords

ARRAY PATTERNS; COD REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; COMPACT STRUCTURES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; SCALE-UP; STAGGERED ARRAYS;

GRAPHITE ELECTRODES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84887109453     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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