Generator Harvests Natural Motion for Electricity

Dec-04-17 An innovative technique of harvesting the motion of graphene sheets could open the door to a new source of clean energy.

Developed by a team from the University of Arkansas under Paul Thibado, while studying the graphene sheets in the lab, the team noticed that the graphene was rippling as its atoms vibrated in tandem due to changes in the ambient temperature in the room. According to the team, those tandem vibrations “are key to using 2D materials to generate harvestable electricity.” With that in mind, Thibado has created a tiny generator called the Vibration Energy Harvester (VEH), powered by room temperature heat.

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