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S. Korean scientists develop device that produces electricity via clothes friction, provides storage

A possible application would be for hiking or climbing apparel that charges power supply devices to be used for flashlights and smartphones in emergencies.

The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a device that allows clothes and shoes to produce electricity using their frictional forces and to store it.

The device has a self-charging nanogenerator that produces electricity using frictional force and has a micro super-capacitor power supply that stores the electricity and supplies it to other wearable electronic devices.

The KERI adopted the method of integrating single-wall carbon nanotubes, which have excellent electrical conductivity, with elastic polymers.

The newly-developed device is elastic in all directions while having strong enough durability to endure more than 10,000 uses in KERI’s in-house performance tests.

A possible application would be for hiking or climbing apparel that charges power supply devices to be used for flashlights and smartphones in emergencies.

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