As snow in organic silicon to produce low cost 'generator'

According to physicists organization network reported recently, the university of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA） Researchers have developed a new equipment, like snow in available to generate electricity. This is the first such products, not only cheap, small, thin and flexible, like plastic, can be integrated used in solar power, wearable devices and other fields.

the team has been developed by using 3 d printing method it & other; Snow throughout electrification nanoscale generators &; , it contains a layer of organic silicon, and a charge electrodes will be caught. In view of the manufacturing method is simple and organic silicon is easy to obtain, the equipment production cost is low.

in new equipment, then positively charged and release electrons; Organic silicon by silicon atoms, oxygen and carbon, hydrogen and other elements combination and become, negatively charged. When then contact the organic silicon surface, generates an electrical charge, is captured by the new equipment, so as to generate electricity.

UCLA chemistry and biochemistry postdoctoral researcher, the study co-author ma urban & middot; Al - Kaldi explains: & other; Snow take charge, why don't you introduce another kind of material with opposite charges and capturing charge to generate electricity? In the vast amount of materials, including aluminum foil and ptfe, after testing, we found that the organic silicon produced by electric charge is more than any other materials. ”

chemical and biological chemistry, materials science and engineering at UCLA distinguished professor, the author of the paper, Richard & middot; Connor said: & other; This device can work in remote areas, because it can generate electricity. This is a very clever device, is a weather station, can tell you direction of snow, snow and wind direction and speed. ”

al Cadillac, points out that each winter, where about 30% of the earth's surface is covered by snow, in the meantime, solar panels are often unable to run, the new equipment can be integrated into the panels, providing continuous power supply in the snow.

Canada said, the device can also be used to monitor aspects of skiing and other winter sports, in order to more accurately assess and improve athletes when running, walking or jumping performance; Also is expected to open up a new generation of self-supply wearable devices, used to keep track athletes and their performance.