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Glass Leaf 'Sweats' to Generate Electricity

Posted July 31, 2009 8:48 AM

From New Scientist - Online News:

Artificial photosynthesis has yet to be cracked, but electrical engineers in the US think that synthetic leaves could be used to generate electricity in a different way - by sweating. Natural leaves constantly lose water through evaporation in a process called transpiration, which draws water from the roots to the very top of even the tallest trees.

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Re: Glass Leaf 'Sweats' to Generate Electricity

08/01/2009 11:32 AM

I think that is a bad idea...

my artificial tree idea is used to pump water.. in dry places.. and there are a lot of those. I think the artificial leaves should have a method of creating a heat differential by altering air flow patterns around it (top & bottom are different) and then using that to create electric flow.

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