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Technology Research News
March 24, 2004 |
Bacteria make clean power The Penn State researchers' microbial fuel cell is fueled by wastewater skimmed from the settling pond of a treatment plant, and the process of drawing electricity from the microbial action taking place in the wastewater also cleans the water.   |
Chemistry World
October 31, 2011
Phillip Broadwith |
Pee-powered fuel cell turns urine to energy Urine-powered fuel cells could generate electricity and reclaim essential nutrients directly from human and animal waste, say UK scientists. |
Technology Research News
October 8, 2003 |
Bacteria make more electricity Researchers from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have identified a microorganism that is particularly good at converting sugars to electricity under natural conditions. |
Technology Research News
September 22, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature. |
Chemistry World
July 19, 2013
Jennifer Newton |
Mobile phone powered by urine The first mobile phone battery to be directly charged by microbial fuel cells feeding on neat urine has been reported by scientists in the UK. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2013
Lucas Laursen |
Plugging In to Plant Roots Marsh grasses can power small fuel cells. Cast-off electrons in a plant's roots can provide electricity, a Dutch team reports. |
Technology Research News
July 30, 2003 |
Munching microbes feed fuel cell Researchers from the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Germany have found a way to harvest the energy needed to power a fuel cell from chemical reactions that occur when E. coli bacteria consume sugar. |
Chemistry World
February 5, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Carbon nanotube catalysts 'better than platinum' Researchers in the US have developed a novel catalyst based on carbon nanotubes for the electrochemical reduction of oxygen. |
Technology Research News
December 1, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Solar Cell Doubles as Battery Scientists have designed a single, compact device that can both convert solar energy to electricity and store the electricity. |
Chemistry World
December 18, 2008
Alex Hellemans |
Fuel cells without platinum Looking for ways to avoid using costly and scarce platinum in fuel cells, Chinese researchers have reported details of a fuel cell that uses cheap nickel as a catalyst. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Nanocrystalline copper turns CO into fuel A new type of nanocrystalline copper electrode that catalyses the electrochemical conversion of carbon monoxide to alcohols has been demonstrated by researchers in the US. |
Chemistry World
March 11, 2015
Polly Wilson |
Urine-fuelled distress signal The UK laboratory behind the pee-powered mobile phone has turned recycled photocopier paper into microbial fuel cells that instigate radio transmissions when fed fresh urine. |
Chemistry World
December 21, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Doped electrodes cram charge into supercapacitors A new supercapacitor electrode material has been created by Chinese researchers that can store much more energy than conventional supercapacitors. |
Technology Research News
May 21, 2003 |
Magnesium batteries show mettle Researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed rechargeable batteries made from magnesium, a cheap, abundant and relatively environmentally friendly metal. |
Chemistry World
June 20, 2010
Jon Cartwright |
Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models. |
Technology Research News
December 3, 2003 |
Carbon boosts plastic circuits Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have devised an inexpensive way to add better-conducting organic source and drain electrodes to organic thin-film transistors. |
