Wireless sensor network powered by a terrestrial microbial fuel cell as a sustainable land monitoring energy system

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7263-7275

  Pietrelli, Andrea ^a   Micangeli, Andrea ^a   Ferrara, Vincenzo ^a   Raffi, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Land monitoring; Low power electronics; Microbial fuel cell; Precision agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTOR; ELECTRICAL METHOD; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; MONITORING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84910069287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6107263     Document Type: Article

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