Importance of temperature and anodic medium composition on microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1213-1218

  Min, Booki ^a   Román, Óscar Benito ^a   Angelidaki, Irini ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electricity; Microbial fuel cell; Power generation; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANODIC MEDIA; POWER DENSITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRICITY; PHOSPHATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 44949106443     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9687-4     Document Type: Article

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