Nano-watt fueling from a micro-scale microbial fuel cell using black tea waste
Type
Conference PaperAuthors
Rojas, Jhonathan Prieto
Alqarni, Wejdan Mohammed Mofleh
Kalantan, Kalthom Kamil Saleh
Hussain, Muhammad Mustafa

Mink, Justine E.
KAUST Department
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) DivisionElectrical Engineering Program
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
Environmental Science and Engineering Program
Integrated Nanotechnology Lab
Research Park and Innovation Cluster, Dow Chemical Co., Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Date
2016-02-03Online Publication Date
2016-02-03Print Publication Date
2015-07Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/621343
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In this report, we show the rapid assessment of black tea as potential fuel to power up nanopower systems using a microsized, simplistic and sustainable air-cathode microbial fuel cell. It was found that tea produced more power compared with traditional sodium acetate media due in part to its acidophilic pH and its higher organics content. Although high internal resistance remains a big concern, this simple, curiosity-driven experiment gave us the preliminary results to say that energy could be extracted from the reuse of waste resources such the collection of our afternoon-tea's leftovers.Citation
Rojas JP, Alqarni W, Kalantan K, Hussain MM, Mink J (2015) Nano-watt fueling from a micro-scale microbial fuel cell using black tea waste. 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO). Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2015.7388776.Conference/Event name
15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2015ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1109/NANO.2015.7388776