Extreme Sugar Battery Innovation Researchers at Virginia Tech have created a sugar-powered fuel cell with an energy storage density of 596 amp-hours per kilo! This fuel cell is refillable with a solution of maltodextrin and its only byproducts are electricity and water. Sugar-powered biobattery has 10 times the energy storage of lithium: Your smartphone might soon run on enzymes Biologically speaking, sugar molecules are energy-dense, easy to transport, and cheap to digest. There is a reason why almost every living cell on Earth generates its energy (ATP) from glucose. Now, researchers at Virginia Tech have successfully created a sugar-powered fuel cell that has an energy storage density of 596 amp-hours per kilo — or “one order of magnitude” higher than lithium-ion batteries. This fuel cell is refillable with a solution of maltodextrin, and its only by products are electricity and water. The chief researcher, Y.H. Percival Zhang, says the tech could be commercialized in as soon as three years. extremetech/extreme/175137-sugar-powered-biobattery-has-10-times-the-energy-storage-of-lithium-your-smartphone-might-soon-run-on-enzymes A high-energy-density sugar biobattery based on a synthetic enzymatic pathway nature/ncomms/2014/140121/ncomms4026/full/ncomms4026.html An Enzymatic biofuel cell is a specific type of fuel cell that uses enzymes as a catalyst to oxidize its fuel, rather than precious metals. Enzymatic biofuel cells, while currently confined to research facilities, are widely prized for the promise they hold in terms of their relatively inexpensive components and fuels, as well as a potential power source for bionic implants. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymatic_biofuel_cell
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:50:52 +0000
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