biochemical fuel cell
biochemical fuel cell
[¦bī·ō′kem·ə·kəl ′fyül ‚sel] (electricity)
An electrochemical power generator in which the fuel source is bioorganic matter; air is the oxidant at the cathode, and microorganisms catalyze the oxidation of the bioorganic matter at the anode.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Applications of a
Biochemical Fuel Cell to Wastewaters.
These devices have been variously referred to as
biochemical fuel cells, biological fuel cells, and biofuel cells.
Experiments have been conducted with direct
biochemical fuel cells at the Tata Institute in Bombay.
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