Sentences with phrase «piezoelectric generators»

We write about piezoelectric generators from time to time, like sneakers that can power your gadgets or kinetic - energy harvesting sidewalks or wave - powered speakers that let us communicate with dolphins, all of which generate energy from movement.

Leaf - like solar panels harvest the sun's rays, while their fluttering harnesses wind power using a series of piezoelectric generators on the underside of each leaf.

Georgia Tech scientists made piezoelectric generators out of nanowires and attached them to tiny hamster jackets.

According to the authors on the paper «Flexible Ionic Devices for Low - Frequency Mechanical Energy Harvesting» published online in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, «The peak power density of our device is in general larger than or comparable to those of piezoelectric generators operated at their most efficient frequencies.»

This 65 mV increase is significantly higher than the 10 mV increase it took when the power cell was separated into a PVDF piezoelectric generator and Li - ion battery with the conventional polyethylene separator.

Not exact matches

But such hybrid generators would likely be limited to small - scale applications, because piezoelectric materials aren't very energy - dense.