Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 1 Experimental treatments (ES, SFI, and EM) and response in maximal power for each MFC. The responses are presented as mean ± standard deviation for each MFC

From: Optimization of soil microbial fuel cell for sustainable bio-electricity production: combined effects of electrode material, electrode spacing, and substrate feeding frequency on power generation and microbial community diversity

MFC	Factor 1 A: ES (cm)	Factor 2 B: SFI (day)	Factor 3 C: EM	Response P (µW)
1	8	6	SEC	471.6 ± 68.1
2	2	6	CF	10.33 ± 21.0
3	2	8	SEC	248 ± 164.7^a
4	4	6	SEC	438.9 ± 62.3
5	8	8	CF	102.7 ± 42.6
6	8	4	CF	20.1 ± 18.1
7	4	8	CF	69.3 ± 66.4
8	4	4	SEC	359.21 ± 58.5
9	2	4	CF	8.3 ± 12.2
10	8	6	CF	33 ± 22.8
11	8	8	SEC	253.2 ± 30.4
12	4	8	SEC	516.7 ± 54.4
13	4	4	CF	24.3 ± 22.3
14	2	8	CF	7.7 ± 12.9
15	2	6	SEC	397 ± 264.2^a
16	8	4	SEC	313.1 ± 71.9
17	2	4	SEC	304.3 ± 299.2^a
18	4	6	CF	109.8 ± 75.2

^aThe large standard deviations at 2 cm ES showed that the MFCs’ performance was most unstable at this electrode spacing

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