Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Fuel Cell with an Ag-TiO2 Carbon Foam Anode for Simultaneous 4-Chlorophenol Degradation and Energy Recovery
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation and Characterization of Nanosize Ag-TiO2
2.2. Preparation and Photocatalytic of the Ag-TiO2 Photoanode
2.3. Photocatalytic Fuel Cell Set-Up and Operation
2.4. Photocatalytic Fuel Cell Set-Up and Operation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization and Performance of the as-Prepared Ag-TiO2
3.2. Effect of Electrolyte on PFC Performance
3.3. Effect of pH on PFC Performance
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Fu, S.; Deng, B.; Ma, D.; Cheng, H.; Dong, S. Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Fuel Cell with an Ag-TiO2 Carbon Foam Anode for Simultaneous 4-Chlorophenol Degradation and Energy Recovery. ChemEngineering 2018, 2, 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020020
Fu S, Deng B, Ma D, Cheng H, Dong S. Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Fuel Cell with an Ag-TiO2 Carbon Foam Anode for Simultaneous 4-Chlorophenol Degradation and Energy Recovery. ChemEngineering. 2018; 2(2):20. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020020
Chicago/Turabian StyleFu, Shaozhu, Beiqi Deng, Dongmei Ma, Hanqing Cheng, and Shuangshi Dong. 2018. "Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Fuel Cell with an Ag-TiO2 Carbon Foam Anode for Simultaneous 4-Chlorophenol Degradation and Energy Recovery" ChemEngineering 2, no. 2: 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020020