Produce batteries from ... vegetables

Most portable electronic devices today require batteries, such as cell phones, or laptops.

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The worry now is that consumers are afraid of running out of batteries in the middle of the road, and that means all communications connections will be stopped, and the loss of time and money is a sure thing. As a result, scientists at MIT in the United States have developed a solution for spinach.

Biomedical engineer Shuguang Zhang and his colleagues have taken advantage of the plant's natural ability to produce electricity from the sun through photosynthesis. "All types of plants, whether large or small, are capable of using the above system to convert photons into electricity," Zhang said.

The synthesis of sunlight by plants has shown that this process is powered in part by a protein complex called Photosystem I (PSI). When PSI converts sunlight into plant energy for growth, it actually produces a tiny amount of electricity but can still measure the amount of electricity.

Researchers have created a spinach sandwich - a protein complex derived from spinach cells sandwiched between layers of transparent conductive material - by making a tiny powerhouse. The size is not thicker than a human hair.

The spinach was chosen because it was inexpensive and easy to clean. After washing, the PSI protein complex was separated from the cells and by a solution that allowed the protein to function properly in its natural state. , there will be battery powered binaons within 3 weeks. However, the Bina battery will not replace the traditional battery completely because if the weather is forever, then the sun will not provide energy for the battery.