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Voltage Reversal of Microbial Fuel Cells Stacked in Serial

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Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are regarded as a promising and environmental friendly method for wastewater treatment and bio-production. The output power of a single cell is inadequate to drive loads directly. Microbial fuel cells stacked in serials will promote bio-production or bioremediation and the voltage of the MFCs can be scaled up by connecting the cells in serials, whereas voltage reversal may emerge in this case. The causes for reversing polarity of MFCs have received great attention in recent years. This paper designs a power management circuit for microbial fuel cell, studies the mechanisms of voltage reversal and the approaches to solve the problem.

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Micro-Nano Technology XV

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Key Engineering Materials (Volumes 609-610)

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1422-1427

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April 2014

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Rong Hai Huang, Bing Mo*, Feng Zhao, Chao Dong Ling

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Power Management, Serial, Voltage Reversal

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