Electrochemical investigation of a microbial solar cell reveals a nonphotosynthetic biocathode catalyst

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3933-3942

  Strycharz Glaven, Sarah M ^a   Glaven, Richard H ^b   Wang, Zheng ^a   Zhou, Jing ^c   Vora, Gary J ^a   Tender, Leonard M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAPHITE CATHODES; HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION;

BIOFILMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOWCHARTING; GENES; RNA; SOLAR CELLS;

CATHODES;

GRAPHITE; PRIMER DNA; RNA 16S;

BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; GRAPHITE; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SEAWATER; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GENETICS; MARINOBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHITE; MARINOBACTER; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLAR ENERGY;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MARINOBACTER;

EID: 84879802683     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00431-13     Document Type: Article

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