Oxygenic hydrogen photoproduction - current status of the technology

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 499-507

  Ghirardi, Maria L ^a   Mohanty, Prasanna ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Green algae; H2 photoproduction; Hydrogenases; Nitrogenases

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77953445984     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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