Enhanced activated carbon cathode performance for microbial fuel cell by blending carbon black

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2075-2081

  Zhang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Xia, Xue ^b   Ivanov, Ivan ^a   Huang, Xia ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PLATINUM; SOOT;

BIOENERGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; KINETICS; SOOT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; CHARCOAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; KINETICS; PLATINUM; SOOT;

EID: 84893590082     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405029y     Document Type: Article

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