Sugar battery
A sugar battery is an enzymatic biofuel cell that uses a maltodextrin solution as a fuel to directly generate electricity. In 2014, researchers at Virginia Tech published their research on a new kind of glucose fueled fuel cell that improves efficiency over previous cells, resulting in a total energy density closely competing with lithium-ion batteries.[1] The new cell have a potential energy density of 596 Ah kg−1, which is higher than lithium-ion batteries. If these fuel cells are proven, they could be used as soon as three years from now.[2] These fuel cells can be used to power a cell phone for ten days, unlike the current lithium-ion batteries that can only be used for one day.[3]
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References
- ^ "A high-energy-density sugar biobattery based on a synthetic enzymatic pathway", Nature Communications, 21 January 2014
- ^ "Re-chargable sugar-based battery outperforms lithium ion, researchers say" Archived 2014-01-29 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Manufacturing, 22 January 2014
- ^ New bio-batteries running on sugar may replace lithium-ion batteries, NDTV Gadgets, 3 March 2014
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