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Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Soavi, F., Howe, K. J., Kodali, M., Serov, A., Abad, F. B., & Santoro, C. (2017). Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content. Applied Energy, 208, 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.10.056

© 2017 The Author(s) In this work, the electrodes of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) are investigated as the positive and negative electrodes of an internal supercapacitor. The resulting system has been named a supercapacitive microbial desalinat... Read More about Supercapacitive microbial desalination cells: New class of power generating devices for reduction of salinity content.

Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Ieropoulos, I., Merino-Jimenez, I., Serov, A., Gokhale, R., Kodali, M., …Santoro, C. (2017). Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts. ChemElectroChem, 4(12), 3322-3330. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700626

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. An iron-nitrogen-carbon-based catalyst was used at the cathode of a microbial desalination cell (MDC) and compared with platinum (Pt) and an activated carbon (AC) cathode. The Fe-N−C catalyst was p... Read More about Microbial desalination cells with efficient platinum-group-metal-free cathode catalysts.

Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode (2017)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Santoro, C., Serov, A., Melhuish, C., Atanassov, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2018). Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode. Energy, 144, 1073-1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.11.135

© 2017 Power output limitation is one of the main challenges that needs to be addressed for full-scale applications of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology. Previous studies have examined electrochemical performance of different cathode electrode... Read More about Improved power and long term performance of microbial fuel cell with Fe-N-C catalyst in air-breathing cathode.

Influence of platinum group metal-free catalyst synthesis on microbial fuel cell performance (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Serov, A., Kodali, M., Gokhale, R., Awais, R., …Santoro, C. (2018). Influence of platinum group metal-free catalyst synthesis on microbial fuel cell performance. Journal of Power Sources, 375, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.11.039

© 2017 The Authors Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) ORR catalysts from the Fe-N-C family were synthesized using sacrificial support method (SSM) technique. Six experimental steps were used during the synthesis: 1) mixing the precursor, the metal... Read More about Influence of platinum group metal-free catalyst synthesis on microbial fuel cell performance.

A family of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) application: Relationships between surface chemistry and performances (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Gordon, J., Stariha, L., Rojas-Carbonell, S., Gokhale, R., …Santoro, C. (2017). A family of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) application: Relationships between surface chemistry and performances. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 205, 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.12.013

© 2016 The Author(s) Different iron-based cathode catalysts have been studied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in neutral media and then applied into microbial fuel cells (MFC). The catalysts have been synthesized using sacrificial support method... Read More about A family of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction electrocatalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) application: Relationships between surface chemistry and performances.

Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note (2017)
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Santoro, C., Arbizzani, C., Erable, B., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note. Journal of Power Sources, 356, 223-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.04.071

The Special Section “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications” covers many diverse and multidisciplinary aspects of the entire microbial electrochemical field, with a special emphasis on microbial and abiotic/microbial electron transfe... Read More about Special section: “Microbial fuel cells: From fundamentals to applications”: Guest editors' note.

Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Matanovic, I., Artyushkova, K., Kabir, S., Serov, A., Kodali, M., & Santoro, C. (2017). Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts. Electrochimica Acta, 231, 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.033

© 2017 The Authors The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the major factors that is limiting the overall performance output of microbial fuel cells (MFC). In this study, Platinum Group Metal-free (PGM-free) ORR catalysts based on Fe, Co, Ni, M... Read More about Air Breathing Cathodes for Microbial Fuel Cell using Mn-, Fe-, Co- and Ni-containing Platinum Group Metal-free Catalysts.

Transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral electrolyte (2017)
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Serov, A., Rojas-Carbonell, S., Atanassov, P., & Santoro, C. (2017). Transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral electrolyte. Electrochemistry Communications, 75, 38-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2016.12.011

© 2016 The Authors Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts based on M-N-C types of materials with M as Mn, Fe, Co and Ni and aminoantipyrine (AAPyr) as N-C precursors were synthesized using sacrificial support method. Catalysts kinetics of oxy... Read More about Transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in neutral electrolyte.

High performance platinum group metal-free cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC) (2017)
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Atanassov, P., Artyushkova, K., Gokhale, R., Kodali, M., Serov, A., & Santoro, C. (2017). High performance platinum group metal-free cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC). Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(3), H3041-H3046. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0061703jes

© The Author(s) 2016. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode is usually the limiting step in microbial fuel cells and improvements have to be done to increase the performances and reduce the cost. For the first time, iron-based catalysts... Read More about High performance platinum group metal-free cathode catalysts for microbial fuel cell (MFC).

Bimetallic platinum group metal-free catalysts for high power generating microbial fuel cells (2017)
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Kodali, M., Herrera, S., Serov, A., Atanassov, P., & Santoro, C. (2017). Bimetallic platinum group metal-free catalysts for high power generating microbial fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 366, 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.08.110

© 2017 The Authors M1-M2-N-C bimetallic catalysts with M1 as Fe and Co and M2 as Fe, Co, Ni and Mn were synthesized and investigated as cathode catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The catalysts were prepared by Sacrificial Support Method i... Read More about Bimetallic platinum group metal-free catalysts for high power generating microbial fuel cells.