Project PDA

Scientists at the Texas A & M University and the University of Houston have a piezoelectric material discovered at a thickness of 21 nanometers, the energy yield doubled. On this basis, scientists want to develop materials with which the battery life of mobile devices can be increased significantly.

The ultra-thin piezoelectric lead zircon titanate already generates electricity at the least disturbance. Even sound waves or pressure could be so in the future be used to micro-electrical equipment to operate, outlines Cagin Tahir, a professor at the Chemical Engineering Department whether the Texas A & M the possibilities of discovery. Ultimately phones are conceivable, which is charged when making calls.

Still, the research but at the beginning. Piezoelectric materials are placed on nanoscale, changing their performance characteristics partly clear. As an example, gives scientists the lead zircon titanate to. Researchers still do not know why the substance being in a size 20 to 23 nanometers its capacity by 100 percent increases. It now wants to continue researching and optimization work.