Wood-Based Technology Creates Electricity from Heat

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  • TBMG-34608
Published June 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Researchers have transformed a piece of wood into a flexible membrane that generates energy from the same type of electric current (ions) on which the human body runs. This energy is generated using charged channel walls and other unique properties of the wood’s natural nanostructures. With this new wood-based technology, a small temperature differential can be used to efficiently generate ionic voltage.