Humidity converted to electricity with device by UMass professor

Note: Thanks again to Myrna for sharing this cited article with me several days ago. My email response to her was edited below for typos, and extended for clarification and further commentary.

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If Air-gen technology were stackable or far larger than a fingernail, then it could be deployable for the energy needs of, say, a vehicle. Those factors are what UMass engineering professor Jun Yao and his colleague, graduate student Xiaomeng Liu, are working on. Yao also noted that storage is an issue, but a different one.

The Air-gen generates an electric charge imbalance from the humidity that percolates its tiny pores, which are far thinner than hair strands. However, most any material smashed into particles will do if those microscopic pores are present. 

Electricity converted from moisture? That reminds me: Given the storage, this would be more efficient for electric vehicles than charging stations or operating wind turbines in the peak hours of the night, like in Texas.

A post adapted from an email response to "Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material" (D. Rosenzweig-Ziff)

Understory of a rainforest (Credit: "Dark tropical forest with ferns and palm leaves. 3d render" by virtosmedia - Image: 198350696 | © 123RF Free Images)

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Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find her writings and commentaries, including the one for "Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material" by D. Rosenzweig-Ziff, at landturn.com/blog.

Commemorating 5 years of landturn.com​ (2019 - 2023)

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