Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of ...

Scientists have found a way to turn static electricity into usable energy using a simple, cost-effective triboelectric ...

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of ...

Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator ... energy using triboelectric effect static. Many TENGs contain expensive, specially fabricated materials, but one team has instead used ...

The triboelectric effect, also known as triboelectric charging, is a fascinating phenomenon that occurs when certain materials come into contact and then separate, resulting in an exchange of electric ...

What Steven Wright was doing uses the triboelectric effect — a fancy name for rubbing ... the researchers produced a rough surface on both the tape and paper, increasing the charge-producing ...

A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG ... Going back to the balloon-on-the-head example, the effect at play here produces high voltages but low current — the paper says a TENG containing 60 ...

Innovative hybrid nanofibers combining recycled PET and TiO2 enhance triboelectric nanogenerator performance, paving the way ...

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), ...

This array of nearly 150 LEDs is powered by repeatedly sticking and unsticking layers of store-bought tape as part of a triboelectric nanogenerator, along with plastic and aluminum.