Stably sustained hydrogen production by biophotolysis in natural day/night cycle

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Miura, Yoshiharu ^a   Akano, Toru ^a   Fukatsu, Kiyomi ^a   Miyasaka, Hitoshi ^a   Mizoguchi, Tadashi ^b   Yagi, Kiyohito ^b   Maeda, Isamu ^b   Ikuta, Yoshiaki ^b   Matsumoto, Hiroyo ^b  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biophotolysis; Green alga; Hydrogen; Nitrogenase; PHB accumulation; Photosynthetic bacteria; Photosynthetic production of H2

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344534171     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-8904(96)00323-8     Document Type: Article

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