Effects of bioelectricity generation processes on methane emission and bacterial community in wetland and carbon fate analysis

Abstract

1.	Effects of different operating conditions on CH4 emission.
2.	The competitive relationship between electricigens and methanogens was analysed.
3.	The morphology and content of C element in different phases were discussed.
4.	The bacterial population structure under different conditions was analysed.
5.	The mechanism of CH4 emission from CW–MFC was described in detail.

Keywords

Constructed wetland / Microbial fuel cell / Greenhouse gas / Methane / Fate pathway

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China(21806128)

Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province(2019JQ-300)

Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(2019M653701)