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Something like: using a board with nano sized holes, water's electrons fit through the holes and an imbalance is created. Something like solar panels p and n ju
by seamac3 3y ago
Something like: using a board with nano sized holes, water's electrons fit through the holes and an imbalance is created. Something like solar panels p and n junctions with the air's moisture. Wish I could explain it better, just skimmed an article.
- bilsbie 3y agoIs there a reason we can’t submerge them and make more electricity?
- seamac3 3y agoTotal speculation but perhaps gravity of the air's moisture may be at play?
- seamac3 3y ago"The invention involves two electrodes and a thin layer of material, which must be covered with tiny holes less than 100 nanometers in diameter—thinner than one-thousandth the width of a human hair, according to a statement from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where the researchers work. As water molecules pass through the device, from an upper chamber to a lower chamber, they knock against the tiny holes’ edges, creating an electric charge imbalance between the layered chambers. In effect, it makes the device run like a battery. The whole process resembles the way clouds make electricity, which we see in the form of lightning bolts." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-device-generates-electricity-from-thin-air-180982263/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-device-ge...
- gus_massa 3y agoSo ... it transform air movement into electricity? Like a wind turbine? Does it absorb the humidity? Can it be used in a closed circle recirculating the air with a fan? (obviously this will produce less electricity than the used to move the fan.)
- c_o_n_v_e_x 3y agoPresumably water has to be in gaseous form for this to work... gases being more kinetically energetic than liquids.