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electricity does the energy of the future?

seems impossible, but scientists say is in the early stages of development of devices that can capture the electricity in the air.

The concept is simple, like solar panels convert light into electricity, these devices would capture the electric charge of air that serve to recharge the batteries of an electric car or a home supply.

all have some idea of \u200b\u200bthe amount of electricity that is charged and discharged into the atmosphere, without our knowledge. Or the amount of energy generated during storms and we are not able to capture or seize.

According to a report in the 240 Congress of the American Chemical Association (ACS), would a proposal to capture the electricity of the air above these appalling forms of light that appear in thunderstorms.

Chasing the dream of inventor Nikola Tesla, a research team from the University of Campinas (Brazil), directed by Professor Fernando Galembeck has shown that water droplets suspended in the atmosphere (neutral in nature) are capable of electrically charged when coming into contact with dust particles or other liquids loaded.

Researchers have conducted laboratory experiments which simulated the contact of water with dust particles in the air, using small particles of silica and aluminum phosphate, common substances in the air.

showed that the negatively charged silica presence of moisture, while the aluminum phosphate is positively charged. In other words, the water in the atmosphere electric charges could be exchanged with other airborne particles. The researchers call this phenomenon 'higroelectricidad' (lay, electricity from moisture).

Galembeck says that this discovery will lead other researchers to capture the power of the environment 'higroeléctrico' and direct it to meet human needs. His team is researching different materials to see which have greater potential to trap and conduct the electricity. This process may be appropriate for coastal and tropical zones.

Will we get to see any of this? We may not, but perhaps not much later. For scientists it is not a new idea.

Source: http://www.ison21.es