Separators used in microbial electrochemical technologies: Current status and future prospects

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-179

  Daud, Siti Mariam ^a   Kim, Byung Hong ^a,b,c   Ghasemi, Mostafa ^a   Daud, Wan Ramli Wan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthenware; Inorganic separator; Microbial electrochemical technologies; Porous separator; Proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLASS FIBERS; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEPARATORS;

EARTHENWARE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUTURE PROSPECTS; INORGANIC SEPARATORS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; RENEWABLE SOURCES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOENERGY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; POROSITY; TRENDS;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POROSITY;

EID: 84939778700     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.105     Document Type: Review

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