Recent Developments in Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies for Sustainable Bioenergy

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 528-536

  Watanabe, Kazuya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biomass; sustainable energy; wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIO ENERGIES; CATABOLIC ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICITY GENERATIONS; GENERATE ELECTRICITIES; ORGANIC WASTES; PRACTICAL USES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEWAGE; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 58149129484     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.106.528     Document Type: Article

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