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Self-sustaining bacteria-fueled power cell created

by wamatt on 4/9/17, 8:57 PM with 1 comments

  • by gus_massa on 4/9/17, 9:38 PM

    In spite of the title, the article explains that the cell uses solar light, obviously.

    > Those metabolic processes generated an electrical current -- 8 microamps per square centimeter of cell -- for 13 straight days.

    That is 80 milliamps per square meter. I cant find the voltage. My guess is 1V or 2V, but let's be optimistic and assume 10V. That is 800milliWats per square meter = 0.8 W/m^2, i.e less than 1W/m^2.

    For comparison a solar panel has approximately 100-200W/m^2

    (If you prefer Imperial units, 0.1 per square feet vs 10-20W per square feet.)