Batteries that run on sugar

Scientists developed sugar bio-battery that completely converts the chemical energy in sugar substrates into electricity. The bio-battery gives 15 times more energy and runs 10 times longer than a lithium-ion battery. The battery is more reliable and environmentally friendly as well.

This bio-battery can get an energy-storage density of about 596 ampere-hours (A/h) per kg - an order of magnitude higher than the 42 A-h/kg energy density of a typical lithium-ion battery used in various gadgets.

YH Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech stated, "A sugar bio-battery with such a high-energy density could last at least 10 times longer than existing lithium-ion batteries of the same weight."

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