Duty cycling influences current generation in multi-anode environmental microbial fuel cells

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5222-5229

  Gardel, Emily J ^a   Nielsen, Mark E ^b   Grisdela, Phillip T ^c   Girguis, Peter R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASIS; BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CUMULATIVE CHARGE; CURRENT GENERATION; DIFFUSION LAYERS; DUTY-CYCLING; ELECTRODE REACTIONS; ELECTRON DONORS; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC); OPERATING CONDITION; PROTON FLUX; WHOLE CELL;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

PROTON;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; WHOLE CELL;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA;

EID: 84860464943     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204622m     Document Type: Article

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