Electrochemically assisted microbial production of hydrogen from acetate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4317-4320

  Liu, Hong ^a   Grot, Stephen ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ion Power Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; OXIDATION;

BACTERIAL FERMENTATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; ORGANIC MATTERS;

HYDROGEN;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTON;

FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY COST; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACETATES; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 20044370112     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050244p     Document Type: Article

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