Purple bacteria 'batteries' turn sewage into clean energy

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 09:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Purple phototrophic bacteria -- which can store energy from light -- when supplied with an electric current can recover near to 100 percent of carbon from any type of organic waste, while generating hydrogen gas for use as fuel.

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