A team of environmental engineers at Pennsylvania State University has created a fuel cell that breaks down organic matter in wastewater and, in the process, generates small amounts of electricity.
POWER SLUDGE. As wastewater flows through this new type of fuel cell, microbes break down the organic matter and release electrons, which flow from negative electrodes to a central positive electrode.
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