@article{Heinzelmann_2019, title={A New Technology Breaks Through: 1000-Litre Microbial Fuel Cell Generates Pure Water and Electricity: biotechnet Switzerland}, volume={73}, url={https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/2019_334}, DOI={10.2533/chimia.2019.334}, abstractNote={ For years, researchers led by Professor Fabian Fischer at HES-SO Valais have been concentrating on microbial fuel cells, also called bio-electrochemical systems, which use electrogenic bacteria to generate electricity. Their latest innovation is a device consisting of about 14 metres of joined-up microbial fuel cells, housed in the ’catacombs’ – a series of underground tunnels – beneath the wastewater treatment plant in Sion. It uses bio-electrogenic rather than aerobic microbes for the primary purpose of producing energy and purified water, but also to save electricity. }, number={4}, journal={CHIMIA}, author={Heinzelmann, Elsbeth}, year={2019}, month={Apr.}, pages={334} }