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Comparison of Cu-B Alloy and Stainless Steel as Electrode Material for Microbial Fuel Cell

Barbara WłodarczykPaweł P. Włodarczyk

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Materials scienceMicrobial fuel cellbusiness.industryAlloyMetallurgyengineering.materialCathodelaw.inventionRenewable energylawElectrodeengineeringSewage treatmentAerationbusinessCurrent density

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The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a technical devices that electricity produces during wastewater treatment. One of the problems of MFCs is a low current density. Thus, it is necessary to search for new electrodes for MFC. The comparison of Cu-B alloy and stainless steel as catalyst for MFCs cathode is presented in this paper. The research included measurements of the concentration of COD, NH4+ and NO3− in three types of reactors: without aeration, with aeration and with using a MFC (with Cu-B and stainless steel cathode). It has been shown that effectiveness of MFC with Cu-B electrode is higher than effectiveness of MFC with stainless steel electrode.

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2019-07-17
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13888-2_101