A Chinese phone developer/designer Daizi Xheng, has found an alternative to the lithium-ion batteries we all rely on today.
The alternative to lithium batteries? COCACOLA!
Yes you read right! Unbelievable as it may sound, it is indeed true. This eco-friendly cellphone model really works. How? The battery is powered by new developing source of energy called “bio-fuel”, which in this case is Coca-cola.
Biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived from biomass conversion, as well as solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases. Bio-fuels are being talked about more and more as a future major fuel source, particularly where lithium-ion batteries are concerned because they are bad for the environment and don’t last that long between charges.
What Daizi Xheng did was to modify a Nokia cell phone to use a bio-battery instead. The fuel source could be any sugary solution, but he chose to use that well-known soft drink you can find just about anywhere in the world – Coca-Cola.
Designed for the Finnish brand Nokia, the Eco-Friendly cellphone runs on an innovative battery which makes use of enzymes to generate electricity from carbohydrates. The new mobile phone concept apart from harnessing clean energy from sugary drinks like Coke or Pepsi, which generates water and oxygen, also works about four times longer than contemporary lithium batteries on a single charge. Moreover, the handset is fully biodegradable.
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