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🤔 Imagine if plants could both purify the air and produce electricity… 🪴 Plants are commonly found in homes - they are aesthetically pleasing and help clean the air, a benefit we often overlook. 🦠 However, researchers from Binghamton University recently created artificial 'plants' from biological solar cells and photosynthetic cyanobacteria. This combination of materials means that these 'plants' can: 📉 Attain a 90% reduction in indoor CO2 levels— compared to a 10% reduction achieved by living plants. ⚡ Produce electricity - currently, they generate 140 microwatts, but Professor Seokheun Choi, one of the study's authors, plans to increase it to 1 milliwatt. 🔋 The researchers also want to add an energy storage unit to the system, with a vision of using the power to charge a phone. Click here to read more about this technology ➡️ https://lnkd.in/epjniQ75 ✳️ Follow me to stay up to date with weekly green tech news! #GreenTech #NatureTech #CleanTech #ClimateChange
Now just got to learn how to keep them alive! They all die in my house so it would be a bit dark!