Solar photocatalytic fuel cell using CdS-TiO2 photoanode and air-breathing cathode for wastewater treatment and simultaneous electricity production

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 174-182

  Wang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Hao ^b   Lu, Xiao Ying ^c   Xuan, Jin ^b,d   Leung, Michael K H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Hong Kong Institute of Higher Education   (China)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air breathing cathode; Degradation of wastewater organics; Fuel cell characteristics; Photocatalytic fuel cell; Solar activation

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATHODES; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FUEL CELLS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACETIC ACID CONCENTRATION; AIR BREATHING CATHODE; ELECTROLYTE CONDUCTIVITY; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ORGANICS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SOLAR ACTIVATION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84901803358     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.041     Document Type: Article

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