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Ultrathin fuel cell uses the body’s own sugar to generate electricity
<aside> ❓ anode and kathode of platinum - why? ceramic electrolyte - medical implants, alternatives for larger scale?
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Plant Battery (Microbial Fuel Cell)
<aside> ❓ How could permaculture/soil-food-web based agriculture play a role? These are systems that rely on a high density of bacteria, maybe some good ones (electrochemical)?
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The recent discovery of nanowires (Figure 4) introduces a whole new dimension to the study of extracellular electron transfer. These conductive, pilus-like structures, identified so far in Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA (24), Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (25), a phototrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 (25), and the thermophilic fermenter Pelo-tomaculum thermopropionicum (25), appear to be directly involved in extracellular electron transfer.
<aside> ❓ What is a bioelectrochemically assisted microbial reactor (BEAMR)
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The operating costs needed for electricity production with MFCs will probably be too great if the substrate for the MFC is grown as a crop in a manner similar to that for ethanol production from corn.