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Standardized Characterization of a Flow Through Microbial Fuel Cell
Author(s) -
Higgins Scott R.,
Lau Carolin,
Atanassov Plamen,
Minteer Shelley D.,
Cooney Michael J.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.201100249
Subject(s) - microbial fuel cell , stack (abstract data type) , characterization (materials science) , process engineering , biochemical engineering , figure of merit , fuel cells , computer science , flow (mathematics) , environmental science , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , engineering , electrode , mathematics , programming language , geometry , anode , computer vision
Microbial fuel cell research is a relatively new and fast growing field of interdisciplinary effort that has drawn scientists from several disparate disciplines. Consequently, establishing a “common language” regarding the “means and ways” of experimental preparation, data collection and characterization to obtain accurate and comparable figures of merit (describing microbial fuel cell performance) has proven difficult. We present a methodology for comprehensive engineering analysis from inoculation through batch, fed‐batch and finally continuous flow operation, and detail how a modified stack cell design complements this. More, our cell is able to operate near the thermodynamic maximum potential for oxidation of lactate.