Practical energy harvesting for microbial fuel cells: A review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3267-3277

  Wang, Heming ^a   Park, Jae Do ^b   Ren, Zhiyong Jason ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS; EXTERNAL RESISTORS; HARVESTING METHODS; REAL-WORLD; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION; USABLE ENERGY;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

ALGORITHM; BIOFUEL; FUEL CELL; LITERATURE REVIEW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGORITHM; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POTENTIOMETRY; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SEMICONDUCTOR; BIOENERGY; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WASTE WATER;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925012687     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5047765     Document Type: Review

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