Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) could extract energy from waves large and small, even well under water, according to Chinese scientist. The seaweed-like proof-of-concept generators were ~40 x 80mm, and attached at one end to somethign solid while currents in the water wafted the free end. They were made by coated two strips of different polymers with conductive …
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