Utilization of single-chamber microbial fuel cells as renewable power sources for electrochemical degradation of nitrogen-containing organic compounds

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-105

  Wang, Zhijun ^a   Zhang, Baogang ^a   Borthwick, Alistair G L ^b   Feng, Chuanping ^a   Ni, Jinren ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Methyl orange; Microbial fuel cells; Nitrogen containing organic compounds; Pyridine

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CARBON; CITRUS FRUITS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYRIDINE;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; INDIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; METHYL ORANGE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS);

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84931274437     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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