Microbe-assisted sulfide oxidation in the anode of a microbial fuel cell

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3372-3377

  Sun, Min ^a   Mu, Zhe Xuan ^b   Chen, You Peng ^a   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Liu, Xian Wei ^a   Chen, Yong Zhen ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Wang, Hua Lin ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Wei, Li ^c   Ma, Fang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SULFIDE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; MICROBIAL CATALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; PERSISTENT CURRENTS; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SULFUR SPECIATION; VALENCE STATE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

SULFATE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; SULFUR COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY YIELD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFIDES; SULFUR; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 65549089254     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802809m     Document Type: Article

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