Electricity generation and microbial community analysis of alcohol powered microbial fuel cells

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2568-2577

  Kim, Jung Rae ^a   Jung, Sok Hee ^a   Regan, John M ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity; Ethanol; Methanol; Microbial fuel cell; Power generation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ETHANOL; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; SUBSTRATES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC); SATURATION CONSTANT; SATURATION KINETICS;

FUEL CELLS;

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; DNA 16S; METHANOL;

BIOFILMS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ETHANOL; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; MICROORGANISMS; SUBSTRATES;

BIOFILM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ETHANOL; METHANOL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFUROMONAS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; KINETICS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ETHANOL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

AZOARCUS SP.; DESULFUROMONAS SP.; PROTEOBACTERIUM CORE-1;

EID: 33947385817     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.09.036     Document Type: Article

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