Carbon neutral electricity production by Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 in a microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 214-218

  Madiraju, Kartik S ^a   Lyew, Darwin ^a   Kok, Robert ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Greenhouse gas; Microbial fuel cell; Sequestration

Indexed keywords

ANODE CHAMBERS; CARBON NEUTRALS; CARBON SOURCE; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; HIGH INTENSITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC); OPERATING PARAMETERS; SEQUESTRATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP;

GREENHOUSE GASES; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUEL CELL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIGHT INTENSITY; VOLUME; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84858290937     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.065     Document Type: Article

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