{"606480":{"#nid":"606480","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"No sun? No problem \u2014 this solar panel harvests energy from raindrops, too","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESolar panels typically harvest energy from sunlight during the day. But how about a solar cell that generates electricity even when the rain falls in the middle of the night? Researchers in\u0026nbsp; China\u0026#39;s Soochow University have demonstrated such an all-weather device. What makes it possible is\u0026nbsp;a triboelectric nanogenerator, which converts motion into electricity. Researchers including Zhong Lin Wang first proposed the concept of a hybrid solar cell and triboelectric nanogenerator \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nanoscience.gatech.edu\/paper\/2015\/15_AEM_02.pdf\u0022\u003Ein a paper published in 2015\u003C\/a\u003E. Wang is a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering with an adjunct appointment in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-05-24 20:06:23","changed_gmt":"2018-05-24 20:06:23","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"black soldier fly larvae","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/cool-tech\/solar-panel-china-raindrops\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606479":{"id":"606479","type":"image","title":"Solar panels (Courtesy of TzahiV\/Getty Images)","body":null,"created":"1527191633","gmt_created":"2018-05-24 19:53:53","changed":"1527191633","gmt_changed":"2018-05-24 19:53:53","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231316","name":"solar panel.gettyimages-627625702-720x720.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/solar%20panel.gettyimages-627625702-720x720.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/solar%20panel.gettyimages-627625702-720x720.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46191,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/solar%20panel.gettyimages-627625702-720x720.jpg?itok=l_7AuXA-"}}},"media_ids":["606479"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"173582","name":"triboelectric nanogenerators"},{"id":"13751","name":"Zhong Lin Wang"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"178096","name":"Collge of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}