Tuesday, April 7, 2009

2009/0407 LE

以下文章出自
Sicence American/60-second science
連結:
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=viruses-make-a-battery-09-04-06

Title: Viruses Make A Battery

a bacteriophage-a virus that infects bacteria
bacteriophage 噬菌體

The team created a virus that coated itself in cobalt
oxide and gold and self-assembled into a nanowire for
the battery's anode.

The team created viruses taht coat themselves in iron
phosphate and then grab onto carbon nanotubes.
phosphate 磷酸鹽

comparable to 比得上 a

The team is now preparing to look into using other
materials such as manganese phosphate taht could lead to higher voltage.

This could hold the promise of relatively inexpensive, non-polluting, lightweight powerful batteries-a holy
grail for an energy revolution.
grail 傳說中耶穌最後晚餐所用之杯(或盤) n

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