Accelerated OH- transport in activated carbon air cathode by modification of quaternary ammonium for microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4191-4198

  Wang, Xin ^a   Feng, Cuijuan ^a   Ding, Ning ^a   Zhang, Qingrui ^b   Li, Nan ^c   Li, Xiaojing ^a   Zhang, Yueyong ^a   Zhou, Qixing ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ANION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; POWER DENSITIES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM;

CATHODES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANION; ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; BUFFER; EPOXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CATALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHATE; RESIN;

ACCELERATION; AIR CATHODE; ANION EXCHANGE; ANION TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POWER DENSITY;

AIR; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BUFFERS; CATALYSIS; CHARCOAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84897514915     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5002506     Document Type: Article

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