(Nanowerk Spotlight) Every time a fingertip swipes a phone screen, a pen taps a notebook, or fabric brushes against skin, tiny bursts of electrical charge are exchanged between materials. This is the ...

Researchers at ICMS in Seville have developed a hybrid perovskite solar cell that generates electricity from both sunlight and raindrops, using the photovoltaic and triboelectric effects. A ...

Researchers from Japan have developed a novel battery-free, lightweight, and low-cost sensor called CO-TENG that utilizes paper self-folding technology and triboelectric power generation. It holds ...

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy. Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), ...

For as long as we’ve been capturing the sun’s rays, the clouds have been the enemy. When the sky turns gray and the first drops fall, the steady stream of electrons from traditional solar panels slows ...

The triboelectric effect is familiar to anyone who has rubbed wool on a PVC pipe, or a balloon on a childs’ hair and then stuck it on the wall. Rubbing transfers some electrons from one material to ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama have even created an inexpensive triboelectric generator out of double-sided tape and plastic film. Now, a team of researchers from Brussels, Australia, and ...

The need for highly localized plant-centric power sources for use literally “in the field.” The details of the construction arrangement used for triboelectric harvesting and energy capture. The amount ...

Researchers at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology are harvesting energy using triboelectric effect technology, or contact electrification. Processor ...