Percarbonate as a naturally buffering catholyte for microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 429-432

  Forrestal, Casey ^a   Huang, Zhe ^a   Ren, Zhiyong Jason ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical system; Cathode; Catholyte; Microbial fuel cell; Percarbonate

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; FUEL CELLS; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CATHOLYTE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; PERCARBONATE; PH FLUCTUATIONS; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; SODIUM PERCARBONATE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

BUFFER; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FERRICYANIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIDE; POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM PERCARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELECTROLYTE;

BIOFOULING; BUFFERING; CARBONATE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SODIUM; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRON; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PH; REACTOR DESIGN; SCALE UP; SOLID STATE; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CARBONATES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 84908457775     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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