Scaling up a novel denitrifying microbial fuel cell with an oxic-anoxic two stage biocathode

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 913-919

  Liang, Peng ^a   Wei, Jincheng ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Huang, Xia ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

denitrifying; microbial fuel cell (MFC); oxic anoxic two stage biocathode

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887469829     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0583-3     Document Type: Article

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