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A High‐Performance Membraneless Microfluidic Microbial Fuel Cell for Stable, Long‐Term Benchtop Operation under Strong Flow
Author(s) -
Amirdehi Mehran Abbaszadeh,
Khodaparastasgarabad Nastaran,
Landari Hamza,
Zarabadi Mir Pouyan,
Miled Amine,
Greener Jesse
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemelectrochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 2196-0216
DOI - 10.1002/celc.202000485
Subject(s) - microbial fuel cell , microfluidics , electrode , macro , cover (algebra) , bridge (graph theory) , fuel cells , flow (mathematics) , anaerobic exercise , computer science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , environmental science , materials science , chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , mechanics , anode , biology , programming language , medicine , physiology
Invited for this month's cover picture is the group of Jesse Greener at Laval University in Quebec City (Canada). The cover picture shows a real microfluidic microbial fuel cell (MFC) used in this study. Three graphical elements are superimposed to highlight critical design enhancements over previous literature examples. These include: i) improved anaerobic environment with an oxygen protection barrier, ii) robust and kinetically favorable graphite electrodes, and iii) reduced anolyte/catholyte cross‐over to opposite electrodes via computer‐optimized device architecture. Bringing these improvements together into the same platform, we demonstrate an opportunity to bridge the gap between the micro‐ and macro‐MFC studies. Read the full text of the Article at 10.1002/celc.202000040.