Monday 14 July 2014

Getting a charge out of water droplets

ENERGY TECH
Getting a charge out of water droplets
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - Last year, MIT researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation, they can gain electric charge in the process. Now, the same team has demonstrated that this process can generate small amounts of electricity that might be used to power electronic devices. The new findings, by postdoc Nenad Miljkovic, associate profess ... more


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