New Piezoelectric Device Generates Energy From Human Respiration
Graduate Student Jian Shi and Engineering Assistant Professor Xudong Wang at the University of Wisconsin-Madison came up with a new device that is able...
Self-Charging Battery Transforms Vibrations Directly Into Chemical Energy
A research team and the Georgia Institute of Technology has invented a lithium ion battery that charges itself by using the environment vibrations. Unlike...
Scientists Create Photovoltaic-Piezoelectric Fiber To Power Gadgets With Light & Motion
A group of researchers at the University of Bolton have created a new piezoelectric-photovoltaic fiber that has the possibility to be implemented into different gadgets to power them using light and motion.
Cornell Students Harnessing Wind Vibrations to Produce Free Electricity
A group of undergraduate students at Cornell University has conceived a device that can harness wind-induced vibrations into electricity through the piezoelectric effect. The Vibro-Wind Research Group is led by Frank Moon, Joseph Ford Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Micro-Scaled Piezoelectric Device Harvests Electricity from Vibrations
The world we live is full of f vibrating surfaces like train stations, dance floors and highways that that could yield a rich trove of clean, eco-friendly energy. It is called piezoelectric energy, formed by the conversion of mechanical strain into electricity.
PZT Nanofibers Piezoelectric Generator Producing 1.6V Unveiled by SIT Scientist
Dr. Yong Shi, from Stevens Institute of Technology has released a paper called "1.6 V Nanogenerator for Mechanical Energy Harvesting Using PZT Nanofibers." He uses piezoelectric nanowire- and nanofiber-based generators that can convert mechanical energy into electricity.
Chin Strap Harvests Energy From Chewing To Power Wearable Gadgets
Harnessing energy from body movement has gained quite a bit of attention over the past years. Various technologies have been proposed that can turn...
Nanogenerator Could Make for Self-Charging Smartphones
Chances are, there are a couple places your smartphone might be, either in your pocket or purse, or on your desk.
Today's smartphones are more...
New Piezoelectric Flexible Nanoribbons Prove 80% Efficient Conversion
Pacemaker owners all over the world and other people in need of a reliable, small current source will surely be glad when they'll hear that Princeton University scientists have developed an ultra-efficient (80%) piezoelectric system, able to transform mechanical work into electricity.
Louisiana Professor Uses Piezoelectric Material and Carbon Nanotubes to Recover Lost Heat
A Louisiana Tech University professor, dr. Long Que, has designed and prototyped a composite material that converts heat into electricity by using simple physical mechanisms found in piezoelectric materials and carbon nanotubes.
