Experiments: Building a Biomass Battery

Experiments: Building a Biomass Battery

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Abstract

This experiment teaches students the basics of a battery. Students can work as individuals or in groups to wire together potato wedges containing a penny and a screw. These materials will act as the anode and cathode of the biomass battery, and when wired together, four potato wedges should produce approximately 3V of electricity. This lesson includes vocabulary like voltage, voltmeter, series circuit, biomass, anode, and cathode. This lesson could easily be scaled up to include vocabulary like reduction and potential reactions.

Original language	American English
Publisher	National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
Number of pages	2
State	Published - 2022

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NREL/FS-6A42-82721

Keywords

battery
biomass
biomass battery
chemistry
K-12
NREL Education
redox reactions
STEM

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