Squeezing crystals from plant waste generates electricity
A biodegradable plant protein can be crushed to directly generate electricity.
Tag: piezoelectricity
California’s highways will generate electricity from cars driving over them
California will harvest freeways for electricity.
This electric generator is only a few atoms thin
Researchers from Columbia Engineering and the Georgia Institute of Technology report the first experimental proof of piezoelectricity and the piezotronic ...
Harvesting wasted electricity: the triboelectric generators
With just one footstep, you can illuminate a thousand LED bulbs – with no batteries or power cord; the energy ...
Graphene allows nano-engineering control for the first time
The amazing properties of graphene are being put to use more and more, as Evan Reed and Mitchell Ong from ...