Comparative Studies on Electrodes for the Construction of Microbial Fuel Cell
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چکیده
The main objective of this paper is to study the performance of the various combinations of electrodes which plays an important role in the microbial fuel cells for the generation of electricity. The present work is an experimented investigation concerned with selection of the electrodes for the best performance of a microbial fuel cell. The various combinations of anode/cathode materials like copper, zinc, aluminum, carbon, stainless steel, mild steel for MFCs has been systematically studied and out of which Cu/Zn, Al/SS, C/C and SS/SS gave higher voltage output.
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