Substrates and pathway of electricity generation in a nitrification-based microbial fuel cell

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages 208-214

  Chen, Hui ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Zhang, Jiqiang ^a   Xie, Zuofu ^a,b   Ji, Junyuan ^c   Ghulam, Abbas ^a,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Electrogenesis pathway; Microbial fuel cell; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SUBSTRATES;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROGENESIS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; MICROBIAL REACTION; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

AMMONIA; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; INHIBITOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATE;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION BASED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOENERGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NITROSOMONAS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 84897478651     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.081     Document Type: Article

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