An effective dipping method for coating activated carbon catalyst on the cathode electrodes of microbial fuel cells
- 16 April 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 5 (46), 36933-36937
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra05543a
Abstract
Activated carbon (AC) has been demonstrated as a promising cathode catalyst for microbial fuel cells (MFCs). A simple and effective dipping method was developed and examined for coating AC with better control of the loading rate than the commonly used brushing method.Keywords
Funding Information
- Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (1348424)
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