Performance enhancement of microbial fuel cell by PVDF/Nafion nanofibre composite proton exchange membrane

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 290-295

  Shahgaldi, Samaneh ^a   Ghasemi, Mostafa ^a   Wan Daud, Wan Ramli ^a   Yaakob, Zahira ^a   Sedighi, Mehdi ^b   Alam, Javed ^c   Ismail, Ahmad Fuazi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Nafion; Nanofibres; Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF); Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; NAFION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC;

NANOFIBERS;

EID: 84898660977     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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