New plant-growth medium for increased power output of the Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 417-423

  Helder, M ^a   Strik, D P B T B ^a   Hamelers, H V M ^a   Kuijken, R C P ^a   Buisman, C J N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative electron acceptor; Nitrate; P MFC; Plant growth medium; Spartina anglica

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PRODUCTION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; P-MFC; PHOSPHATE BUFFERS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT-GROWTH MEDIUM; POTENTIAL LOSS; POWER OUT PUT; SPARTINA ANGLICA; SULPHATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRATES;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; BUFFER; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AMMONIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOFUEL; BUFFERING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; NITRATE; PH; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; OXIDATION; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARTINA ANGLICA; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; POACEAE;

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 84655160783     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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