Electricity production from steam-exploded corn stover biomass

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1716-1721

  Zuo, Yi ^a   Maness, Pin Ching ^b   Logan, Bruce E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CATHODES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROLYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CORN STOVER BIOMASS; COULOMBIC EFFICENCIES (CES); MAXIMUM POWER DENSITIES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS);

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 33746940430     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060033l     Document Type: Article

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