| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
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| Research Abstract |
To improve bioanode performance in microbial fuel cells, humic materials and oxidized metals as catalysts were investigated. The carbon-cloth anode containing tungsten showed a twofold increase in the power output, as compared to an anode without catalyst. The power output of the carbon-cloth anode containing humic materials was comparable with that of the anode without catalyst. A Nafion solution as the binder for bioanode catalyst was effective against tungsten, while it was not effective against humic materials. Further developments of anode catalyst using humic materials are required.
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