Electrochemical treatment of graphite to enhance electron transfer from bacteria to electrodes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 3558-3560

  Tang, Xinhua ^a,b   Guo, Kun ^a,b   Li, Haoran ^a   Du, Zhuwei ^a   Tian, Jinglei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Carboxyl; Electrochemical treatment; Electron transfer; Graphite; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL; CURRENT GENERATION; CURRENT PRODUCTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; GRAPHITE FELTS; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; OXIDIZATION; PEPTIDE BONDS;

ANODES; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FELT; FELTS; FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYL GROUP; CYTOCHROME; GRAPHITE;

BACTERIUM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOREACTOR; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPLATING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650803481     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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