New Material That’s Just Atom Thick Could Turn Your Clothes Into A Power Source

Source: www.themindunleashed.org | Original Post Date: October 18, 2014 –

It is probable that in the future our clothes will be equipped with tiny power generators, which could be used for charging mobile phones and other gadgets. U.S. researchers created the world’s thinnest generator based on the properties of a new layered material, which has a thickness of just one atom and is able to produce electricity when bent or stretched.

The microscopic generator consists of the atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a material in which all the atoms are arranged in the same plane. It means that the material is technically two-dimensional as it has only length and width, while its thickness is negligible and comprises only a single atomic layer.