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Activated carbon nanofibers as an alternative cathode catalyst to platinum in a two-chamber microbial fuel cell
Mostafa Ghasemi,Samaneh Shahgaldi,Manal Ismail,Byung Hong Kim,Byung Hong Kim,Zahira Yaakob,Wan Ramli Wan Daud +6 more
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In this article, the authors evaluated the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) system by using chemically and physically activated electrospun carbon nanofibers (ACNFs) in an MFC and comparing their performance with that of plain carbon paper.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 162 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Carbon nanofiber.read more
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Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications. A review
TL;DR: The development of the concept of microbial fuel cell into a wider range of derivative technologies, called bioelectrochemical systems, is described, introducing briefly microbial electrolysis cells, microbial desalination cells and microbial electrosynthesis cells.
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Remediation of wastewater using various nano-materials
TL;DR: In this article, the potential developments in nanotechnology with respect to wastewater treatment are reviewed and discussed utilization of various classes of nano-materials for wastewater treatment processes, including activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, grapheme, manganese oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, magnesium oxide and ferric oxides.
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Microbial fuel cells: An overview of current technology
TL;DR: A review of the current field and knowledge in regards to MFCs and the known mechanisms underpinning MFC technology, which allows bacteria to facilitate in electron transfer processes is given in this article.
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Oxygen reduction reaction catalysts used in microbial fuel cells for energy-efficient wastewater treatment: a review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors comprehensively review the performance, performance, durability, and cost of cathode catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in MFCs.
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Non-Pt catalyst as oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells: A review
TL;DR: In this article, a review of abiotic catalysts and biocatalysts as electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction catalysts in microbial fuel cells was presented, where it was shown that manganese oxide and metal macrocycle compounds are good candidates for Pt catalyst replacements due to their high catalytic activity.
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Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology†
Bruce E. Logan,Bert Hamelers,René A. Rozendal,Uwe Schröder,Jurg Keller,Stefano Freguia,P. Aelterman,Willy Verstraete,Korneel Rabaey +8 more
TL;DR: A review of the different materials and methods used to construct MFCs, techniques used to analyze system performance, and recommendations on what information to include in MFC studies and the most useful ways to present results are provided.
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A mediator-less microbial fuel cell using a metal reducing bacterium, Shewanella putrefaciens
TL;DR: In this paper, direct electron transfer from different Shewanella putrefaciens strains to an electrode was examined using cyclic voltammetry and a fuel cell type electrochemical cell.
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Influence of nitrogen doping on oxygen reduction electrocatalysis at carbon nanofiber electrodes.
TL;DR: The data indicate that exposed edge plane defects and nitrogen doping are important factors for influencing adsorption of reactive intermediates and for enhancing electrocatalysis for the ORR at nanostructured carbon electrodes.
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Electricity Generation from Artificial Wastewater Using an Upflow Microbial Fuel Cell
TL;DR: It was found that the soluble COD (SCOD) removal efficiencies remained over 90% throughout the operational period, mainly because of methanogenic activity, which accounted for 35 to 58% of the SCOD removed at a loading rate of 1.0 g COD/L/ day.
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Oxygen reduction on high surface area Pt-based alloy catalysts in comparison to well defined smooth bulk alloy electrodes
U.A. Paulus,Alexander Wokaun,Guenther G. Scherer,Thomas J. Schmidt,Vojislav R. Stamenkovic,Nenad M. Markovic,Philip N. Ross +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of carbon supported multimetallic catalysts in aqueous acidic electrolyte has been studied for the oxygen reduction reaction (orr) using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM).