Fuel From Food Waste: Bacteria Provide Power
Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 14:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers have combined the efforts of two kinds of bacteria to produce hydrogen in a bioreactor, with the product from one providing food for the other. This technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals from spent automotive catalysts to help make fuel cells that convert hydrogen into energy.