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News Release 04-021
Fuel-Cell Microbes' Double Duty: Treat Water, Make Energy
NSF 'sugar' grant supports single-chamber prototype fed by wastewater
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At their Pennsylvania State University lab, Bruce Logan watches as research colleague Hong Liu checks the circuit connections on the prototype microbial fuel cell. The jars behind it contain the "before" and "after" wastewater samples.
Credit: Greg Grieco, Penn State
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This National Science Foundation animation schematically shows the anatomy of the single-chambered microbial fuel cell developed at Pennsylvania State University.
Credit: Trent L. Schindler / National Science Foundation
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This National Science Foundation animation schematically shows the anatomy of the single-chambered microbial fuel cell developed at Pennsylvania State University.
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Credit: Trent L. Schindler / National Science Foundation