Performance characteristics of a membraneless solar responsive photocatalytic fuel cell with an air-breathing cathode under different fuels and electrolytes and air conditions

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 280-288

  Li, Lin ^a   Xue, Shao ^a   Chen, Rong ^a   Liao, Qiang ^a   Zhu, Xun ^a   Wang, Zhibin ^a   He, Xuefeng ^a   Feng, Hao ^a   Cheng, Xiao ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alcohol and saccharide; alkaline electrolyte; complex wastes; oxygen concentration; photocatalytic fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; CARBON; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; XYLOSE;

AIR BREATHING CATHODE; ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CONSTANT CURRENT DENSITY; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84942750963     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.09.090     Document Type: Article

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