Application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in bio-fuel cell characterization: A review

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2014, Pages 20159-20170

  Kashyap, Diwakar ^a   Dwivedi, Prabhat K ^b   Pandey, Jitendra K ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^c   Kim, Gyu Man ^d   Sharma, Ashutosh ^b   Goel, Sanket ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c Daegu Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Enzymatic bio fuel cell; Internal resistance; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOSENSORS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYMATIC FUEL CELLS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CURRENT INTERRUPTION; ELECTROLYTE RESISTANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84912535705     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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