Bioelectrochemical degradation of urea at platinized boron doped diamond electrodes for bioregenerative systems

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 965-970

  Nicolau, Eduardo ^a   González González, Ileana ^a   Flynn, Michael ^b   Griebenow, Kai ^a   Cabrera, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemistry; Bioreactor; Boron doped diamond; Urea; Urease; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; BORON; BYPRODUCTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAMONDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; METABOLISM; NASA; NITROGEN; POTABLE WATER; UREA; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY; BIOREGENERATIVE SYSTEMS; BORON DOPED DIAMOND; BORON DOPED DIAMOND ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; UREASE;

UREA ELECTRODES;

EID: 69249209697     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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