A team of Chinese engineers have created a new hybrid solar panel model that is capable of generating electricity in rain or shine, thanks to its ability to harvest energy from the movement of raindrops on the panel's surface. The new panel takes advantage of the triboelectric effect, the electrical charge of certain materials after coming into contact with a different material. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) deliberately create this charge through friction and may someday be used to capture...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/new-hybrid-solar-panel-harvests-energy-from-raindrops
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