Triple threat: Perovskite material generates electricity from light, heat, and movement

If you want to use multiple methods to generate electricity, such as waste heat and movement, for example, you normally have to use independent mechanisms and combine the results. Now researchers from the University of Oulu in Finland have discovered a crystal mineral material that is able to simultaneously generate energy from light, heat, and mechanical force, opening up a whole new range of possibilities for multi-source electricity-generating devices.

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Category: Energy

Tags:

• Photovoltaic
• Thermoelectricity
• Piezoelectric
• University of Oulu
• Perovskite

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