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"Urine battery" developed in the UK can be used in remote areas

Charge it with urine. Do you believe in this fantastic news? It's true that for ordinary people, such news is no different from the earth explosion, so what about the specific situation? Let's take a look!

British researchers have developed a battery that uses urine as fuel, and uses bacteria to break down urine to generate electricity for cell phones to charge. The battery, CO invented by the University of Bristol and the Robotics Laboratory of the University of West England, will one day replace the batteries of some electrical products.

Dr. elopoulos, one of the inventors, said: 'no one has ever used urine to generate electricity, so the development is particularly exciting.'. He said: 'the advantage of this fuel is that we no longer rely on wind or solar energy, but on waste to generate energy. And urine is inexhaustible and can be supplied for a long time. 'this research has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society of chemistry.

According to reports, the research team cultured bacteria on carbon fiber electrodes, put carbon fiber into a ceramic cylinder, when urine passes through the cylinder, the bacteria decompose the chemicals in the urine to produce electrons, which accumulate into a charge and then transfer it to a capacitor for storage. The researchers then connected the battery to a Samsung cell phone, which began to charge.

At present, scientists make fuel cells as big as car batteries. Dr. elopoulos said he hopes to develop multiple uses for the battery, with the goal of making it easy to carry. The fuel cell used to charge a cell phone stores about 50 milliliters of urine, enough power for a smartphone to text, surf the Internet, and make a brief phone call, according to elopoulos. Previously, the team had made the smallest battery, storing only 1 ml of urine.

The team believes that the fuel cell can be installed in bathrooms to provide power for lighting, showers, razors, etc., or it can be used in remote areas of developing countries at low cost. It is estimated that up to 38 billion liters of urine are excreted by livestock and animals every day around the world.