Impact of initial biofilm growth on the anode impedance of microbial fuel cells

RP Ramasamy, Z Ren, MM Mench… - Biotechnology and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used to study the behavior of a
microbial fuel cell (MFC) during initial biofilm growth in an acetate‐fed, two‐chamber MFC …

Understanding long-term changes in microbial fuel cell performance using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

AP Borole, D Aaron, CY Hamilton… - Environmental science & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Changes in the anode, cathode, and solution/membrane impedances during enrichment of
an anode microbial consortium were measured using electrochemical impedance …

Characterization of microbial fuel cells at microbially and electrochemically meaningful time scales

Z Ren, H Yan, W Wang, MM Mench… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
The variable biocatalyst density in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) anode biofilm is a unique
feature of MFCs relative to other electrochemical systems, yet performance characterizations …

Quantifying the factors limiting performance and rates in microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis combined with electrical impedance …

R Rossi, DM Hall, X Wang, JM Regan, BE Logan - Electrochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
Improving power generation of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) requires better methods to
quantify the impact of the solution chemistry on performance. While buffer concentration and …

Time-course correlation of biofilm properties and electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells

Z Ren, RP Ramasamy, SR Cloud-Owen, H Yan… - Bioresource …, 2011 - Elsevier
The relationship between anode microbial characteristics and electrochemical parameters
in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) was analyzed by time-course sampling of parallel single-bottle …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of anode and anolyte community growth and the impact of impedance in a microbial fuel cell

D Sanchez-Herrera, D Pacheco-Catalan… - BMC …, 2014 - Springer
Background A laboratory-scale two-chamber microbial fuel cell employing an aerated
cathode with no catalyst was inoculated with mixed inoculum and acetate as the carbon …

The use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in the evaluation of the electrochemical properties of a microbial fuel cell

AK Manohar, O Bretschger, KH Nealson, F Mansfeld - Bioelectrochemistry, 2008 - Elsevier
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) has been used to determine several
electrochemical properties of the anode and cathode of a mediator-less microbial fuel cell …

Controlling the occurrence of power overshoot by adapting microbial fuel cells to high anode potentials

X Zhu, JC Tokash, Y Hong, BE Logan - Bioelectrochemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Power density curves for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) often show power overshoot, resulting
in inaccurate estimation of MFC performance at high current densities. The reasons for …

Affinity of microbial fuel cell biofilm for the anodic potential

KY Cheng, G Ho, R Cord-Ruwisch - Environmental science & …, 2008 - ACS Publications
In analogy to the well established dependency of microbial reactions on the redox potential
of the terminal electron acceptor, the dependency of the microbial activity in a highly active …

Adaptation to high current using low external resistances eliminates power overshoot in microbial fuel cells

Y Hong, DF Call, CM Werner, BE Logan - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2011 - Elsevier
One form of power overshoot commonly observed with mixed culture microbial fuel cells
(MFCs) is doubling back of the power density curve at higher current densities, but the …