Microbial Fuel Cells

Treatise on Water Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 641-665

  Virdis, B ^a   Freguia, S ^a   Rozendal, R A ^a   Rabaey, K ^a   Yuan, Z ^a   Keller, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioelectrochemical systems; Biofuel cells; Extracellular electron transfer; Microbial electrolysis cells; Microbial fuel cells; Renewable energy; Resource recovery; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042836180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53199-5.00098-1     Document Type: Chapter

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