alufoil cell

[hartiberlin]

I revived now the alufoil cell somehow.
I did not change yet the alufoil nor any other thing.
I had only putting some graphite powder and some
active charcoal powder and some polymergel I still had
into the bowl and also did put a graphite plate into the center
of all the graphite-charcoal.
Then I dripped a lot of water in there, so it was very moisty and
let this then dry out for several days without connection to anything.
Now as the towel tissue has dried and the charcoal was almost dry
the cell had an open circuit voltage of 1.15 Volts again !

Then I connected a 100 Ohm load resistor and the voltage went down first to
0.55 Volt and then to 0.42 Volt where it stayed the whole night for 10 hours.
Now today the voltage is already since a few hours up to 0.45 Volt at the 100 Ohm
load.
So it seems also with the towel tissue alufoil-carbon graphite double layer
this cell can generate a good amout of electricity this way.
It really depends on the setup of these double layers and the
right "wetness".

Regards, Stefan.

[Kysmett]

Is this reactive to the sun in the same way as the AG cell?  You also mentioned that there was a voltage increase in the morning.  Is there any way you can correlate that to your local sun-rise?  Also, can you monitor at sunset a decrease in the voltage?  If so then there is some influence of the sun that the earth is shielding(at least partially).  Mention this in the AG post if it proves significant.

[hartiberlin]

Hmm, this evening-night ( without the sun)
the voltage is up to 0.46 Volts on the 100 Ohm load resistor!

Regards, Stefan.

[kenbo0422]

Could this sunrise aspect be associated with the ionic charge in the atmosphere, like the Northern Lights?

[Walter Hofmann]

Hi
this could be, I just dont know how could a test be set up to proof or dis-proof this theorie, what whould be a material to shield the cell in order to block any ionic influence. any sugestions?
the increase is independend from sunrise or sunset, in my case and many others it changes also over night.
greetings
walt