Charge transport through Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms grown on graphite rods

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7904-7913

  Katuri, Krishna P ^a   Rengaraj, Saravanan ^a   Kavanagh, Paul ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a   Leech, Dónal ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE OXIDATION; AG/AGCL; ANODIC CURRENTS; BIO-FILM THICKNESS; ELECTROACTIVE; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRONEUTRALITY; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GRAPHITE ROD; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDOX POLYMERS; REDOX SPECIES; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; SURFACE COVERAGES; TIME-PERIODS; VOLTAMMETRIC STUDIES;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GRAPHITE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; POLYMER FILMS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

BIOFILMS;

GRAPHITE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; GRAPHITE;

EID: 84861379653     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la2047036     Document Type: Article

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