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Falling water drops power LEDs

18 Feb 2020
DEG powers LEDs
The power generated by a drop of water falling onto a droplet-based electricity generator (DEG) can light up 100 small LED bulbs. (Courtesy: City University of Hong Kong)
Researchers have efficiently harvested the kinetic energy of falling water droplets for the first ti

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