This weeks post

         I wanted my first project to on my blog to be something I have never done before, and a few minutes on the internet later, I found something. In April 2012 a lamp was powered by moss; yes, moss. That green soft and strange plant was used to produce energy! The original post found here http://biophotovoltaics.wordpress.com/ describes the project in some detail explaining that each of the cells produced 0.4 - 0.6 Volts and 5-10 microAmps.
        With not much time left in the day, I quickly set up a small (what I would hope to be) biophotovoltaic system.

Materials

• 1/4 in pvc pipe
• copper wire (solid 12 gauge)
• aluminum foil (kitchen supply)
• aluminum wire (craft store)
• dirt (from outside)
• moss (from outside) 

AssemblyThis was watered prior to testing voltage and current. It had an initial voltage of 0.49 Volts and 0.06mAmps. This finding does worry me though. I fear that I have inadvertently created a galvanic cell. Though time will tell if microbes will grow and produce more energy than my initial values.
         I will keep everyone posted on this project next week Tuesday! Stay tuned!

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