Development of a solar-powered microbial fuel cell

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 640-650

  Cho, Y K ^a   Donohue, T J ^b   Tejedor, I ^b   Anderson, M A ^a,b   McMahon, K D ^a,b   Noguera, D R ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biohydrogen; Microbial fuel cell; Photoheterotrophic bacteria; Photosynthesis; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NITROGEN; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

BIO-HYDROGEN; CARBON PAPER; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; NITROGEN SOURCES; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; POWER DENSITIES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SINGLE CHAMBERS; SOLAR-POWERED;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; CARBON; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PLATINUM;

BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FUEL CELL; HETEROTROPHY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 39149087634     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03580.x     Document Type: Article

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