Electrical energy from carbohydrate oxidation during viologen-catalyzed O2-oxidation: Mechanistic insights

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1523-1528

  Watt, Gerald D ^b   Hansen, Dane ^a   Dodson, Daniel ^b   Andrus, Merritt ^b   Wheeler, Dean ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate fuel cell; Mechanism; Renewable energy; Viologen catalysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYST RATIOS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; RADICAL CATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; VIOLOGEN FILM; VIOLOGEN POLYMERS; VIOLOGENS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRODES; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

ALCOHOL; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; POLYMER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 78650743614     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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