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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bioelectric Energy Sources / economics*
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Bioelectric Energy Sources / microbiology*
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Carbon / chemistry
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Cell Phone / economics*
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Ceramics / chemistry
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Electricity
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Electrodes
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Equipment Design
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Humans
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Urine* / chemistry