naa a22 4500 510750567 CHVBK 20180411083103.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11270-013-1470-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11270-013-1470-z Performance Evaluation of a Low-Cost Microbial Fuel Cell Using Municipal Wastewater [Elektronische Daten] [Germán Buitrón, Carlos Cervantes-Astorga] A low-cost microbial fuel cell (MFC) with a brush-shaped anode was constructed with low-cost materials and operated in a fed-batch mode using wastewater as a substrate. The operational performance of the MFC was evaluated considering the organic matter removal, coulombic efficiencies, and current and power densities. Its relative performance to cost was evaluated considering a MFC with platinum/carbon cathode. It was observed that the organic matter removal efficiency was up to 80% and the coulombic efficiencies varied from 3.5 to 5.7%. Maximum average voltages and power and current densities of 207 ± 30mV, 9.2 ± 2.4mW m−2, and 56.8 ± 14.9mA m−2 were obtained, respectively. It was observed that the low-cost MFC produced higher power and current densities per dollar when compared to a MFC using platinum-catalyzed electrode. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Microbial fuel cell nationallicence Wastewater nationallicence Current density nationallicence Power density nationallicence Low-cost materials nationallicence Buitrón Germán Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Instituto de Ingeniería, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230, Querétaro, Mexico aut Cervantes-Astorga Carlos Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Instituto de Ingeniería, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230, Querétaro, Mexico aut Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/3(2013-03-01), 1-8 0049-6979 224:3<1 2013 224 11270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1470-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1470-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buitrón Germán Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Instituto de Ingeniería, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230, Querétaro, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cervantes-Astorga Carlos Laboratory for Research on Advanced Processes for Water Treatment, Instituto de Ingeniería, Unidad Académica Juriquilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Blvd. Juriquilla 3001, 76230, Querétaro, Mexico aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Water, Air, & Soil Pollution Springer Netherlands 224/3(2013-03-01), 1-8 0049-6979 224:3<1 2013 224 11270 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer