Improving the performance of a biofuel cell cathode with laccase-containing culture supernatant from Pycnoporus sanguineus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 445-453

  Fokina, Oleksandra ^a   Eipper, Jens ^b   Winandy, Lex ^a   Kerzenmacher, Sven ^b   Fischer, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuel cell; Cathode; Enzyme; Laccase; Pycnoporus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELLS; CATHODES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CATHODE PERFORMANCE; CATHODIC OXYGEN REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; LACCASES; PYCNOPORUS; PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR LACCASE;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; FUNGAL ENZYME; LACCASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; OXYGEN;

BIOFUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL; FUNGUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PH;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PYCNOPORUS; PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STANDARD; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRAMETES;

PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOFUELS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACCASE; OXYGEN; PYCNOPORUS; TEMPERATURE; TRAMETES;

EID: 84910011359     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.10.127     Document Type: Article

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