Microbes reach a chemical dead end
Microbes reach a chemical dead end once sugar from material has been broken down into acetic acid, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. That releases at best only a third of the hydrogen in a molecule of the sugar glucose, for example.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Responding to climate change? »Responding to climate change?
Immediate action required »Immediate action required
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
Radical restructuring of the energy sector »Radical restructuring of the energy sector
Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources »Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources
Hydrogen »Hydrogen
Hard to produce cleanly and efficiently »Hard to produce cleanly and efficiently
How would the hydrogen be generated? »How would the hydrogen be generated?
Microbial electrolysis cells »Microbial electrolysis cells
Produces poor yields »Produces poor yields
Microbes reach a chemical dead end
New fuel-cell designs overcome this »New fuel-cell designs overcome this
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