Researchers at IIT Mandi have created materials that efficiently convert body heat into electricity. This ground-breaking study could provide far-reaching implications for the renewable energy sector, as they could be used in a variety of applications.
The announcement about thermonuclear material was made by the institute in June last year, but it has now been published in Germany scientific journal Angewandte Chemie. It was led by Dr Ajay Soni, Associate Professor at IIT Mandi’s School of Physical Sciences. He shared a post on X last week explaining how the thermoelectric generator works.
“Here is the final version of our recent work on flexible thermoelectric generator and human touch sensor with thermoelectric effects. Interesting nanomaterials and outcome,” Dr Soni said in the post.
The process does not require very large equipment or huge and extremely hot objects like the Sun.
Soni said that many electronic gadgets could be charged using human body heat. We have developed a thermoelectric module for this,” Dr Soni said about the discovery.
As per the study, the device will start charging only with human touch. And it can charge almost any electronic gadget.
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