Energy Resources: Three-dimensional graphene/Pt nanoparticle composites as freestanding anode for enhancing performance of microbial fuel cells

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Shenlong ^a,b   Li, Yuchen ^a   Yin, Huajie ^b   Liu, Zhouzhou ^a   Luan, Enxiao ^a   Zhao, Feng ^c   Tang, Zhiyong ^b   Liu, Shaoqin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BACTERIA; CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY RESOURCES; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MACROPOROUS STRUCTURES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); MICROORGANISM IMMOBILIZATIONS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 85038108998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500372     Document Type: Article

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