Electricity generation and biofilm formation in microbial fuel cells using plate anodes constructed from various grades of graphite

Journal of Green Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-32

  Shewa, Wudneh Ayele ^a   Chaganti, Subba Rao ^b   Lalman, Jerald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Energy efficiency; Graphite plate electrode; Microbial fuel cell; Performance comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902273890     PISSN: 19044720     EISSN: 22454586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13052/jge1904-4720.412     Document Type: Article

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