Photothermal Janus anode with photosynthesis‐shielding effect for activating low‐temperature biological wastewater treatment

• Main Authors: Zhang, Jingjing, Wang, Wei, You, Shijie, Qi, Dianpeng, Liu, Zhiyuan, Liu, Dongmei, Ma, Ming, Cui, Fuyi, Ren, Nanqi, Chen, Xiaodong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Low-temperature Wastewater Treatment; Microbial Fuel Cells
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137850
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Biological wastewater treatment (BWT), which is used to manage global wastewater, suffers from a sharp decrease in microbial activity at low temperature (<10 °C). Photothermal technology with a high energy efficiency theoretically exceeding 80% has the potential to activate low‐temperature BWT. H...