Device turns falling snow into electricity

Device turns falling snow into electricity
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A thin, flexible device that can transform falling snow into electricity and double as a portable weather station has been described in Nano Energy. The snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator creates electricity when the positively charged snow comes into contact with negatively charged silicone.

University of California, Los Angeles (4/15)

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