Bioaugmentation for electricity generation from corn stover biomass using microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 6088-6093

  Wang, Xin ^a   Feng, Yujie ^a   Wang, Heming ^a   Qu, Youpeng ^a   Yu, Yanling ^a   Ren, Nanqi ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Wang, Elle ^a   Lee, He ^a   Logan, Bruce E ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-AUGMENTATION; BIO-ENERGY; CORN STOVER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; MAXIMUM POWER; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MIXED CULTURES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; POWER PRODUCTION; RESIDUAL SOLIDS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FUEL CELLS; GELATION; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SACCHARIFICATION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CORN; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SACCHARIFICATION; SOLID; WASTE; WATER VAPOR;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELLULOSE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; ZEA MAYS;

RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68049143444     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900391b     Document Type: Article

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