Experimental and theoretical demonstrations for the mechanism behind enhanced microbial electron transfer by CNT network

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Xian Wei ^a   Chen, Jie Jie ^a   Huang, Yu Xi ^a   Sun, Xue Fei ^b   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Li, Dao Bo ^a   Xiong, Lu ^a   Zhang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Zhao, Feng ^c   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEWANELLA;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 84892708363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03732     Document Type: Article

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