LED Lantern Powered Only by Water, Salt

LED Lantern Powered Only by Water, Salt Sept 4, 2012 19:07 Masaru Yoshida, Nikkei Monozukuri An LED lantern that can be powered by water and salt Green House Co Ltd will release an LED lantern that generates electricity with water and salt. The lantern, "GH-LED10WBW," does not require a dry cell or rechargeable battery and emits light when water and salt are put in the lantern. It can continuously generate electricity for eight hours per charge of water. To use the LED lantern, 350ml of saline water containing 16g of salt is made by using a dedicated water bag. When the saline water is put in the lantern, it functions as an electrolyte with a magnesium (Mg) rod (negative electrode) and a carbon rod (positive electrode) inside the lantern. The luminous flux of the lantern is 55lm. The Mg rod can be used for up to 120 hours of power generation. The lantern can be reused by r...

Full article: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20120904/237...

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