Evaluation of algal biofilms on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) for use in biophotovoltaic platforms based on photosynthetic performance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Ng, Fong Lee ^a,b   Phang, Siew Moi ^a,b   Periasamy, Vengadesh ^a   Yunus, Kamran ^c   Fisher, Adrian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; GLASS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; BIOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROALGA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BIOFILMS; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROALGAE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84902137206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097643     Document Type: Article

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