Self-biased solar-microbial device for sustainable hydrogen generation

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8728-8735

  Wang, Hanyu ^a   Qian, Fang ^b   Wang, Gongming ^a   Jiao, Yongqin ^b   He, Zhen ^c   Li, Yat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

hybrid; microbial fuel cell; photoelectrochemical; self biased; sustainable hydrogen generation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; HYBRID; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SELF-BIASED; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; SOLAR WATER SPLITTING;

BACTERIA; CATHODES; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84887008208     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403082m     Document Type: Article

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