Lead Titanite Generates Electricity When Stressed
Some of the brains at Carnegie Institution are working on new materials for piezoelectrics. An odd sounding word that basically means: when certain compounds or materials are stressed (squeezed) they tend to generate electricity. Sometimes this can be done through temperature, or pressure.
The way I understand it the material Lead Titanite seems to have the best response in generating electricity. New advances in this technology open up possibilities of harvesting the energy created where batteries are impractical in the application. Their ability to convert mechanical energy into electrical makes them sought after in medical devices such as ultrasound. With all the various studies going on to come up with ways to generate or capture all the energy around us, I see quite the power revolution ahead of us. What are your thoughts on this? Do you work in the field? What are the benefits of piezoelectric devices?
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Ken