Improvement of yeast-biofuel cell output by electrode modifications

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 557-564

  Hubenova, Yolina V ^a   Rashkov, Rashko S ^b   Buchvarov, Vasil D ^b   Arnaudova, Marina H ^b   Babanova, Sofia M ^c   Mitov, Mario Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c SOUTH WEST UNIVERSITY NEOFIT RILSKI   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL CELL; CANDIDA; CARBON FELTS; ELECTRODE MODIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GALVANOSTATICS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEDIATOR-LESS; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; NON-TOXICITY; POTENTIOSTATIC CONDITIONS; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE PLATING; YEAST CELL;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROPLATING; FELT; NANOSTRUCTURES;

YEAST;

EID: 78651410291     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1000949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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