Interfacing electrocatalysis and biocatalysis with tungsten carbide: A high-performance, noble-metal-free microbial fuel cell

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 6658-6661

  Rosenbaum, Miriam ^a   Zhao, Feng ^a   Schröder, Uwe ^a   Scholz, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocatalysis; Electrocatalysis; Energy conversion; Fuel cells; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; IRON(III) PHTHALOCYANINE; OXYGEN REDUCTION;

BIOCATALYSTS; CATALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; PRECIOUS METALS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

FUEL CELLS;

GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33750196473     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200602021     Document Type: Article

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