Researchers at an American university have developed an ultra-thin technology that can generate energy from people as they walk – or even when they’re sitting down.
Thin enough to be woven into fabric, the wearable battery could fit seamlessly in clothes to power mobile phones and other electronic devices. A team at Vanderbilt University‘s Nanomaterials and Energy Devices Laboratory has pioneered the new system – ‘based on battery technology and made from layers of black phosphorus that are only a few atoms thick’ – which generates electricity from the slightest motion.
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