Issue 37, 2013
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Waste to real energy: the first MFC powered mobile phone

Ioannis A. Ieropoulos,*ab   Pablo Ledezma,a   Andrew Stinchcombe,a   George Papaharalabos,a   Chris Melhuisha  and  John Greenmanb  

* Corresponding authors

a Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Faculty of Environment & Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
E-mail: ioannis.ieropoulos@brl.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)1173283960
Tel: +44 (0)1173286318

b Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Abstract

This communication reports for the first time the charging of a commercially available mobile phone, using Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) fed with real neat urine. The membrane-less MFCs were made out of ceramic material and employed plain carbon based electrodes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP52889H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Jun 2013
Accepted
10 Jul 2013
First published
16 Jul 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 15312-15316

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Waste to real energy: the first MFC powered mobile phone

I. A. Ieropoulos, P. Ledezma, A. Stinchcombe, G. Papaharalabos, C. Melhuish and J. Greenman, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 15312 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52889H

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