Electrical energy production from forest detritus in a forested wetland using microbial fuel cells

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 244-252

  Dai, Jianing ^a   Wang, Jun Jian ^a   Chow, Alex T ^a   Conner, William H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Humus layer; Plant litterfall; Power production; Swamp; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLOODS; FORESTRY; FUEL CELLS; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HUMUS LAYER; LITTERFALLS; POWER PRODUCTION; SWAMP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

BIOMASS; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUEL CELL; HUMUS; LITTER; PLANT; SUSTAINABILITY; SWAMP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CUPRESSUS; NYSSA AQUATICA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84923079518     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12117     Document Type: Article

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