Clean energy through ceramics: ceramic fiber spinning technology has been refined to produce inexpensive piezoelectric fiber composites that can generate power from waste mechanical energy.(special section: advanced ceramics) From: Ceramic Industry | Date: April 1, 2008| Author: Cass, Richard; Mohammadi, Farhad; Kim, Hyeoungwoo; Ruddle, Jerry | COPYRIGHT 2008 BNP Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Recent advances in low-power electronics have generated tremendous interest and provided new opportunities for the use of piezoelectric materials to power electronic devices without the need for batteries. (1,2,3,4) Ceramic fiber spinning technology has been refined to produce inexpensive piezoelectric fiber composites, which have generated sufficient power to run wireless sensor networks and electronic devices from waste mechanical energy.

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