Patent ID: 9660286
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for assembly of a microbial fuel cell which electrically interacts with an underwater surface, comprising: providing a flexible anode electrode comprising a plurality of anode sections; connecting a plurality of anode electrical conductors to said plurality of anode sections; providing a flexible cathode electrode comprising a plurality of cathode sections; connecting a plurality of cathode electrical conductors to said plurality of cathode sections; providing an oxygen impermeable separation layer; attaching said flexible anode electrode to one side of said oxygen impermeable separation layer; attaching said flexible cathode electrode to an opposite side of said oxygen impermeable separation layer; placing weighted portions on a periphery of said oxygen impermeable separation layer; and mounting a plurality of spikes on said flexible anode electrode side of said oxygen impermeable separation layer.