Continuous electricity production from artificial wastewater using a mediator-less microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 621-627

  Moon, Hyunsoo ^a,b   Chang, In Seop ^a   Kim, Byung Hong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current density; Mediator; Microbial fuel cell; Polarization curve; Power density

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; WASTEWATER;

MEDIATORS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POWER DENSITY;

FUEL CELLS;

FUEL;

WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CELL; DENSITY; ELECTRICITY; GENERATOR; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 28844483665     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.03.027     Document Type: Article

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