triboelectric nanogenerator Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:19:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How to Produce Electricity with Only Paper, a Pencil and Tape https://www.greenoptimistic.com/produce-electricity-paper-pencil-tape/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/produce-electricity-paper-pencil-tape/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:24:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59096 Device made using a pencil, some paper and some tape, can generate enough electricity to power small electronics, courtesy of researchers from University of Tokyo. A group of scientists from University of Tokyo and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, built a revolutionary power-generating device, out of every-day, easy to access, cheap stationary materials.  Using […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/produce-electricity-paper-pencil-tape/feed/ 8 59096 New Technology Charges Our Gadgets While We Walk https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-technology-charges-gadgets-walk-20140318/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-technology-charges-gadgets-walk-20140318/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:35:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46503 With every new smart phone, or cool portable technology that comes along, the need for having a wireless charger at our disposal at all times, becomes greater. Scientists have long realized this, and they have also thought of the ultimate solution to the problem, although most work until now has been conceptual. I am referring […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-technology-charges-gadgets-walk-20140318/feed/ 0 46503 Alternating Current from Friction With Triboelectric Nanogenerators https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alternating-current-from-friction-with-triboelectric-nanogenerators-20120711/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alternating-current-from-friction-with-triboelectric-nanogenerators-20120711/#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:24:51 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25438 Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a way to produce electricity from random mechanical motion using triboelectric nanogenerators. These are devices fabricated from flexible polymeric materials with a high degree of transparency. Rubbing the surface of these devices can generate alternating current from friction. The research was published in the June issue of […]

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