Spinach As Source of Energy

Monday, October 19, 2020 | 0 comments

Recent findings of scientist say spinach can be a new and more effective catalyst that the commercial platinum catalyst; it can be an effective sustainable source or energy and fuel. However, the spinach as catalyst is not yet available in the real world according to the news.

“Scientists from the American University (AU) have found a way to use spinach as a catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells and metal-air batteries. It works by accelerating the reaction to produce sufficient current and create energy.”(Energy Live News)

“The research says spinach was chosen as it contains considerable amounts of iron and nitrogen among other elements, which are important for catalysts. It can also survive in low temperatures and is abundant in nature. The scientists converted spinach from its leafy, edible form into carbon nanosheets through a process that included washing, juicing and grinding it into a powder that was used in the laboratory tests.” (Energy Live News)

‘Typically, carbon-based catalysts fail to outperform platinum. But lightly-salted spinach leaves that were blended, freeze-dried, and heat-treated into layers of nanosheets were more efficient than platinum fuel cells, according to research published last month in the journal ACS Omega.” (Futursim)

““The method we tested can produce highly active, carbon-based catalysts from spinach, which is a renewable biomass. In fact, we believe it outperforms commercial platinum catalysts in both activity and stability.”” (Energy Live News)

“There’s a long way to go before a spinach cell is actually useful in the real world — the new research merely proved that the concept works, Ars reports.” (Futurism)