Commercial materials as cathode for hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cell

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1987-1992

  Farhangi, Sara ^a   Ebrahimi, Sirous ^b   Niasar, Mojtaba Shariati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cathode; Chlor alkali plant; Commercial electrodes; Hydrogen production; Microbial electrolysis cell

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; NICKEL; PLATINUM; REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS;

CARBON CLOTHS; CATH-ODE MATERIALS; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; COLUMBIC EFFICIENCY; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH;

CATHODES;

HYDROGEN;

BACTERIUM; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN;

EID: 84906951689     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1565-7     Document Type: Article

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