By giving the bacteria a small assist with a tiny amount of electricity -- about 0.25 volts, a small fraction of the voltage needed to run a typical 6-volt cell phone -- the researchers breached the fermentation barrier and converted acetic acid, one of the formerly unusable products, into carbon dioxide and hydrogenMore info at The Washington Times
Fuell cell performance boosted by microbes
Posted on Sunday, April 24 2005 @ 20:48 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckU.S. researchers managed to boost hydrogen production from biomass to four times as much by using an electrically-assisted microbial fuel cell that doesn't require oxygen.
