Employees of the Southern Federal University (SFU) Institute of Nanotechnology, Electronics and Instrumentation are developing nanogenerators based on carbon nanotubes with the addition of nitrogen, which convert the deformations and vibrations of urban noise and human speech into electrical energy. It is reported on the portal. “Scientific Russia”.
The material states that these generators will become innovative autonomous power sources for wearable electronics: electronic watches, smartphones, headphones and other equipment.
“Today, the idea of creating autonomous <…> “Power sources for personal and wearable electronic devices based on nanogenerators that can convert and accumulate energy from the environment.”
According to Maria Ilyina, associate professor at SFedU, doping a nanotube with pyrrole-type nitrogen makes it possible to significantly increase the amount of current produced during the resulting degradation.
Formerly at Russian Science Foundation declarationthat local scientists are conducting a study on a new type of catalyst for the production of hydrogen from water.