Electrochemical surface modification of carbon mesh anode to improve the performance of air-cathode microbial fuel cells

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1889-1896

  Luo, Jianmei ^a   Chi, Meiling ^b   Wang, Hongyu ^b   He, Huanhuan ^b   Zhou, Minghua ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode surface modification; Electrochemical oxidation; Microbial fuel cells; Power generation; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANODE SURFACES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER;

CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROLYTES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITRIC ACID; PHOTOELECTRONS; POWER GENERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; CARBON MESH AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON MESH NITRIC ACID; CHLORINE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTRODE; CARBON MESH ANODE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORROSION; COST CONTROL; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84891342785     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-013-0963-x     Document Type: Article

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