Biorefining of precious metals from wastes: An answer to manufacturing of cheap nanocatalysts for fuel cells and power generation via an integrated biorefinery?

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1821-1828

  Yong, Ping ^a   Mikheenko, Iryna P ^a   Deplanche, Kevin ^a   Redwood, Mark D ^a   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio desulfuricans; Escherichia coli; Fuel cell catalyst; Metal recovery; Palladium

Indexed keywords

ANODIC MATERIALS; BIOPROCESSING; BIOREFINERIES; BIOREFINING; CARBON PAPER; CELL POWER; CLEAN ENERGY; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; E. COLI; FUEL CELL CATALYST; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; METALLIC CATALYSTS; NANO SCALE; NANOCATALYSTS; NEGATIVE CONTROL; POWER OUT PUT; POWER PRODUCTION;

CATALYSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUEL CELLS; MANUFACTURE; METALS; PALLADIUM; PRECIOUS METALS; SINTERING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

METAL RECOVERY;

PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CUPRIAVIDUS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CUPRIAVIDUS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PALLADIUM;

CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78149415214     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0378-6     Document Type: Article

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