Microbial fuel cells - Applications for generation of electrical power and beyond

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-143

  Mathuriya, Abhilasha Singh ^a   Yakhmi, J V ^b  

^a ANAND ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

^b Atomic Energy Education Society   (India)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; biosensors; implantable power sources; robotics; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSENSOR; DECOLORIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SANITATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOENERGY; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMENTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOREACTORS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84959326847     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2014.905513     Document Type: Review

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