loofahs Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:53:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Loofah Extract, Waste & Bacteria Generating Cheap, Sustainable Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/loofahs-waste-bacteria-cheap-sustainable-electricity-20131205/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/loofahs-waste-bacteria-cheap-sustainable-electricity-20131205/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:53:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44189 Researchers from the Guangdong Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences in China have found a way to generate electricity from waste, by modifying traditional power-generating microbial fuel cells to function with much cheaper and more sustainable natural materials. Using loofahs, natural products extracted from the fruit of loofah plants, and carbon nanoparticles enriched with nitrogen, […]

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