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Dec-12-17 An innovative textile battery powered by bacteria could one day help power wearable electronics.

Developed by a team from Binghamton University, the textile-based biobattery is an evolution of the team’s research into paper-based microbial fuel cells. Building on that experience, the flexible textile battery is embedded relies on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterium, which is found in human sweat, as its catalyst. The bio-battery can deliver a maximum power output of 6.4 µW cm−2, and can also withstand bending and stretching without damage.

According to lead researcher Seokheun Choi, “ …if we consider that humans possess more bacterial cells than human cells in their bodies (3.8×1013 compared to 3.0×1013), the direct use of bacterial cells as a power resource interdependently with the human body is conceivable for wearable electronics."

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