Layer-by-layer construction of graphene-based microbial fuel cell for improved power generation and methyl orange removal

Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1749-1758

  Guo, Wei ^a,b,c   Cui, Yanrui ^a,b   Song, Hong ^a,b   Sun, Jianhui ^a,b  

^a HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control   (China)

^c XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anode modification; Decolorization; Graphene; Layer by layer assembly; Methyl orange; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ANODES; AZO DYES; CATHODES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CITRUS FRUITS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ANODE MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVALS; DECOLORIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; METHYL ORANGE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS);

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AZO DYE; CARBON; GRAPHENE; METHYL ORANGE; AZO COMPOUND; GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DECOLORIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POWER SUPPLY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AZO COMPOUNDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84906947873     PISSN: 16157591     EISSN: 16157605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00449-014-1148-y     Document Type: Article

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