Development and application of vanadium oxide/polyaniline composite as a novel cathode catalyst in microbial fuel cell

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-77

  Ghoreishi, Khadijeh Beigom ^a   Ghasemi, Mostafa ^a   Rahimnejad, Mostafa ^b   Yarmo, Mohd Ambar ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a   Asim, Nilofar ^a   Ismail, Manal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Cathode; Microbial fuel cell; Nanocomposite; Pani V2O5

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PANI/V2O5; POLYANILINES (PANI);

CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; POLYANILINE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84889655072     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.3082     Document Type: Article

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