新型织物可为手机充电

    High-tech fabrics could soon allow you to charge your devices on the go simply by standing outside on a sunny, breezy day.

    Researchers have developed a “hybrid*-power textile” that generates electricity from both sunshine and motion, using a combination of solar cells and triboelectric* nanogenerators*.

    So far, a segment roughly the size of a sheet of office paper can create “significant power” just from being held out a car window — and in the future, they say this technology could be integrated into tents, curtains, and even garments.

    The researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology say this method could one day allow clothing to harvest energy to power smart phones and GPS.

    Their current design is just 320 micrometers thick, and is woven together with strands of wool.

    To create the material, the researchers constructed solar cells from lightweight polymer fibers* and wove these in with fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators. These can generate electrical power from mechanical motion, including rotation, sliding and vibration*.

    The researchers stitched their materials together using a commercial textile machine to create a thin fabric that can use both sunlight and the movement generated by wind.(SD-Agencies)