Triboelectric Generator Captures Power from Friction

Monday, July 9, 2012 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers have discovered yet another way to harvest small amounts of electricity from motion in the world around us - this time by capturing the electrical charge produced when two different kinds of plastic materials rub against one another.

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