Design of a microbial fuel cell and its transition to microbial electrolytic cell for hydrogen production by electrohydrogenesis

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 860-865

  Gupta, Pratima ^a   Parkhey, Piyush ^a   Joshi, Komal ^a   Mahilkar, Anjali ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Exoelectrogenic activity; Hydrogen gas; Microbial electrolytic cell; Microbial fuel cell

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SEWAGE;

BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; DEVICES; ELECTROLYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; ELECTROLYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEWAGE;

EID: 84885037010     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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