Mass transfer studies of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms on rotating disk electrodes

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-294

  Babauta, Jerome T ^a   Beyenal, Haluk ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Pseudocapacitance; Rotating disk electrode

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER RESISTANCE; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; MASS TRANSFER STUDIES; PSEUDOCAPACITANCE; PSEUDOCAPACITIVE BEHAVIOR; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MASS TRANSFER; PROCESS CONTROL; ROTATING DISKS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

FERROCYANIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; TURNOVER TIME; BIOENERGY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GEOBACTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFILMS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; GEOBACTER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84890794279     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25105     Document Type: Article

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