The first demonstration of a microbial fuel cell as a viable power supply: Powering a meteorological buoy

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 571-575

  Tender, Leonard M ^a   Gray, Sam A ^a   Groveman, Ethan ^b   Lowy, Daniel A ^c   Kauffman, Peter ^d   Melhado, Julio ^e   Tyce, Robert C ^f   Flynn, Darren ^f   Petrecca, Rose ^g   Dobarro, Joe ^g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Millburn High School   (United States)

^c NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^d Northwest Metasystems Inc   (United States)

^e PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^f University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Fuel cell; Marine; Microbial; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; METEOROLOGY; REAL TIME CONTROL; TELEMETERING;

BENTHIC MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (BMFC); LOW-POWER CONSUMING APPLICATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 40849092415     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.12.123     Document Type: Article

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