Brewing Batteries

Oct-08-16 A team from the University of Colorado Boulder has developed a way to make batteries from brewery wastewater.


Making beer requires a lot of water—water that cannot be simply dumped down a drain, but must be filtered first. Now, the team of researchers has discovered that this new source of biomass can be used to grow the fungus Neurospora crassa, which can be used to create “one of the most efficient naturally-derived lithium-ion battery electrodes to date.” This new process could offer a new medium for growing batteries that also cleans the wastewater and reduces the amount that must be treated.

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