Hydroxylated and aminated polyaniline nanowire networks for improving anode performance in microbial fuel cells
Yong Zhao1, Shuji Nakanishi, Kazuya Watanabe
1The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan.
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
|April 19, 2011
Abstract:
Hydroxylated and aminated polyaniline nanowire networks were synthesized and used as anode materials to enhance the electrical outputs of microbial fuel cells (MFCs). MFCs with these anodes generated power and current densities as high as 0.28mW cm(-2) (per geometric anode area) and 2.9mA cm(-2), respectively.
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