Effect of formation of biofilms and chemical scale on the cathode electrode on the performance of a continuous two-chamber microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 355-360

  Chung, Kyungmi ^a   Fujiki, Itto ^a   Okabe, Satoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathodic biofilms; Chemical scale; Microbial fuel cell; SEM EDX; Xanthomonadaceae bacterium

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ADVERSE EFFECT; ANODE CHAMBERS; CATHODE ELECTRODES; CATHODE SURFACE; CATHODIC BIOFILMS; CATION SPECIES; CLONE LIBRARY; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LONG-TERM OPERATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NAFION MEMBRANE; POWER DENSITIES; SCALE FORMATION; SEM-EDX; SEM-EDX ANALYSIS; XANTHOMONADACEAE BACTERIUM; XANTHOMONAS;

BIOCHEMICAL FUEL CELLS; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; CLONING; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; RNA;

BIOFILTERS;

CALCIUM ION; CATION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S; SODIUM ION;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CATHODE ELECTRODE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONAS;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CATIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE LIBRARY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 77957371823     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.04.091     Document Type: Article

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