Bristol, When removed from the body, urine into something useless. Although for some of the urine is also used for treatment. But who would have thought that urine can also be used as a replacement mobile phone battery.
Scientists in the UK said in a statement they have made use of the power of urine to charge the phone with adequate electrical power for the phone to send a text message or do a search on the internet. Researchers from the University of Bristol and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in southwestern England say they have created a fuel cell that uses bacteria to break down the urine as a substitute for electricity.
"It's very exciting because no one has found strength in urine and used to do this," said one researcher, Ioannis Ieropoulos.
According Ieropoulos, this fuel source privilege is when people do not rely on nature such as wind and solar, they reuse the waste from his body to create energy.
"One product that is never diminished supply certainly one of our own urine," he added. The research team growing the bacteria on the anode carbon fiber and place it inside the ceramic cylinder.
Chemicals that destroy bacteria in the urine passing through the cylinder and build a small amount of electric charge stored in the capacitor. Ieropoulos hope that the discovery of a car battery-sized device that will be developed for various applications.
"Our goal was to create something that can be transported easily," he said.
As reported by AFP and written Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday (07/18/2013), according to the extent Ieropoulos power microbial fuel stack (MFC) that they develop produce enough power for cell phones to send text messages, browse the internet, or make short calls .
"This concept has been tested and proven to work. Now we need to develop and improve processes so that MFC can be used to charge the phone battery is full," he said.
The researchers hope the technology could be used for domestic electrical devices. The study is published in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics at the Royal Society of Chemistry.
