magnetic-electric phenomena Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:32:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Bismuth-Ferrite Piezoelectric Material Opens New Roads for Energy Generation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bismuth-ferrite-piezoelectric-material-opens-new-roads-for-energy-generation-20091115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bismuth-ferrite-piezoelectric-material-opens-new-roads-for-energy-generation-20091115/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:32:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5356 Researchers at the UC Berkeley and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley Lab have developed a new lead-free material that generates electricity when exposed to stress. One day, this phenomenon called piezoelectricity could become as common as backyard grills.

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