ZnO biopiezocatalyst

3× production from vibration

This zinc oxide catalyst converts mechanical vibration into charges that stimulate bacterial metabolism, at least tripling autotrophic PHB production.

Tremblay, Pier Luc · Xu, Mengying · Muhammad Babur, Joya · Wang, Yujie · Ziqiu, Li · Li, Lian · Xu, Kai · Feng, Yujie · Zhang, Tian

Nature Communications 2025

Advantages

At least triple autotrophic PHB production

Double heterotrophic PHB production