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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 10, Pages 3868-3874Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.01.119
Keywords
Microbial fuel cell; Oxygen reduction reaction; Cobalt oxide; Graphene; Carbon nanotube
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973) [2012CB721100, 2011CBA00806]
- National Science Fund of China [51209116, 21306083, 21390201]
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering [ZK201312]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents at the Ministry of Education of China [NCET-11-0987]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (RFDP) [20113221120007]
- Shenzhen Fundamental Research Programs [JCYJ20130401144532128]
- Priority Academic Program from Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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Cobalt oxide/nanocarbon hybrid materials (graphene and carbon nanotube) are used as alternative cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in air-cathode microbial fuel cell (MFG) for the first time. Electrochemical results reveal that these hybrid materials exhibit high catalytic performance. In MFCs, the maximum power density of 469 +/- 17 mW m(-2) is achieved from the Co3O4/NCNT cathode, which is 5.3 times larger than that of the NCNT cathode. This value is competitive with those obtained using Pt/C (603 +/- 23 mW m(-2)). Therefore, Co3O4/NCNT nanocomposite is an efficient and cost-effective cathode catalyst for practical MFC applications. Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved,
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