Fuel cells use polluted substances to produce electricity

Scientific researchers in Pennsylvania say they are developing a fuel cell that uses pollutants from coal mines and metal mines to produce electricity, which could solve problems. Environmental pollution has just created a new fuel supply.

In this study, Bruce E. Logan and colleagues point out that so-called acidic water flows from coal mines and metal mines as a serious environmental pollution. It affects the habitats of plants and animals as well as the safety of drinking water supplies primarily because of the high acidity in polluted water sources and high levels of metal, especially needles iron type. Contaminated water flowing out of coal and metal mines causes environmental problems and costs a lot of cleaning costs.

Fuel cell model uses polluted substances from coal mines and metal mines to generate electricity (Photo: Shaoan Cheng)

Researchers have described the development of a new type of fuel cell based on biofuel cell technology.This fuel cell is capable of generating electricity from water . By using a mechanism similar to that of polluted water from coal mines and metal mines, researchers have shown that this new fuel cell effectively removes feces. Death in the contaminated water and generating electricity with a capacity equal to that of electricity generated by biofuel cells.

The researchers claim that this new fuel cell improvement will allow the generation of electricity with higher efficiency in the future. They added that iron atoms treated with this device could be used as a dye in paints and or in other products.

The paper 'Using fuel cell technology to produce electricity from polluted water flowing from coal and metal mines' is published in the environmental journal Science and Technology on day 1. /twelfth.

Uyen Nhi