Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes coated with manganese dioxide as cathode material for microbial fuel cells

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1214-1220

  Amade, Roger ^a   Vila Costa, Maria ^a,b   Hussain, Shahzad ^a   Casamayor, Emilio O ^c   Bertran, Enric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODE MATERIALS; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ELECTRODE MATERIAL; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84925485963     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8677-2     Document Type: Article

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