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Power from random walk of molecules in graphene sheets.

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This IFLS article points to a team that have found that the random walk in the molecules of graphene cause a single sheet of it on a micro scale to flex/snap back and forth from concave to convex from time to time. Put between conducting plates this oscillation causes a trickle charge of power that could be used to power small devices and do away with the need for a replaceable battery. A 10 micron square of graphene sheet produces about 10 micro watts of power continuously apparently. Presumably these could be stacked to produce more.

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/graphene-loophole-could-provide-clean-and-limitless-energy-in-the-future/

I thought it looked pretty cool. I was going to post this in the thread from a couple of years back about graphene sheets on solar panels that can produce electricity in the rain, but it seemed suitably different enough to warrant its own thread. Here is a recap of that one from 2016 if you missed it. http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/99997-newly-discovered-solar-panels-will-generate-energy-from-raindrops/?tab=comments#comment-951523 

 

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