Methanol opportunities for electricity and hydrogen production in bioelectrochemical systems

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 770-777

  Montpart, Nuria ^a   Ribot Llobet, Edgar ^a   Garlapati, Vijay Kumar ^a   Rago, Laura ^a   Baeza, Juan A ^a   Guisasola, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrogen; Methanol; Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC); Microbial fuel cell (MFC); Syntrophic consortia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; METHANOL; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; COMPLEX SUBSTRATES; COULOMBIC EFFICIENCY; DOUBLE CHAMBERS; FERMENTATIVE BACTERIA; READILY BIODEGRADABLE SUBSTRATES; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SYNTROPHIC CONSORTIA;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84890436867     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.151     Document Type: Article

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