Photo-electrochemical communication between cyanobacteria (Leptolyngbia sp.) and osmium redox polymer modified electrodes

KAMRUL, Hasan | YILDIZ, Hüseyin Bekir | SPERLING, Eva | CONGHAILE, Peter Ó | PACKER, Michael A | DÓNAL, Leech | HÄGERHÄLL , Cecilia | GORTON, Lo

Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) are an emerging technology for renewable solar energy conversion. Major efforts have been made to explore the electrogenic activity of cyanobacteria, mostly using practically unsustainable reagents. Here we report on photocurrent generation (≈8.64 µA cm-2) from cyanobacteria immobilized on electrodes modified with an efficient electron mediator, an Os2+/3+ redox polymer. Upon addition of ferricyanide to the electrolyte, cyanobacteria generate the maximum current density of ≈48.2 µA cm-2. © the Partner Organisations 2014.

Makale 2014 4 Görüntülenme

Effect of Bentonite, Fly Ash and Silica Fume cement injections on uniaxial compressive strength of granular bases

TAN, Özcan | GÜNGÖRMÜŞ, Gökhan | ZAİMOĞLU, Ahmet Şahin

Injection is one of the methods to improve the engineering properties of bases. Various additions as well as cement are used for preparations of injection blends in order to lower costs and reach better results. For this purpose in the preparation of the injection blends, Bentonite (B), Fly Ash (FA) and Silica Fume (SF) were used at the ratios of 0-0.5-1-3%, 10-20-30-40% and 0-5-10-20%, respectively. Taguchi method was applied for the experiment and L16 Orthogonal (OA) with three factors and four levels were chosen. Granular bases having 0.70 relative density was settled into a cylindrical mol ...Daha fazlası

Makale 2014 Springer Verlag 3 Görüntülenme