Ngenkathi i-Apple isebenzela ukwethulwa kwamaphedi wokushaja okungenantambo, abacwaningi basungule ubuchwepheshe obusha ongashaja ngabo ifoni "ngomoya" egumbini. Yebo, yebo, njengoba ufunda.
Abacwaningi baye basungula idivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi "Air-gen" ekhiqiza ugesi ngomhwamuko wamanzi usebenzisa amaprotheni emvelo.
Khiqiza amandla ahlanzekile nashibhile
Unjiniyela kagesi kanye noprofesa osizayo eNyuvesi yaseMassachusetts uJun Yao uthe uzama ukwenza ugesi "ngomoya omncane." U-Yao ujoyinwa isazi sezinto eziphilayo ezincane kanye noprofesa uDerek Lovely ekwakheni ijeneretha.
Ifilimu yesikali se-nanometer engaba ingxenye yesigidi semitha isetshenziswa kujeneretha. Izintambo zamaphrotheni ku-Air-gen zenziwa ngayo I-Geobacter sulfurreducens, igciwane elikwazi ukukhiqiza ugesi. Abacwaningi banamathisele izintambo kuma-electrode futhi ugesi uqhutshwa kusetshenziswa umhwamuko wamanzi okhona emoyeni.
Ngaphambilini, ubuchwepheshe obukhona obungakhiqiza amandla kusuka kumswakama bebungakhiqiza kuphela ukuqhuma kwamandla okungavamile okuvame ukuthatha imizuzwana engu-50.
Ezivivinyweni, i-Air-gen ikhiqize ngempumelelo amandla kagesi angu-0.5 volts kufilimu ewugqinsi ongu-7-micrometer, nokuminyana kwamanje okungama-microamp angu-17/cm². Ukuxhuma amadivaysi amaningi ngomugqa kungase kukhulise ukukhiqizwa kwamandla.
Amandla angapheli eselula engapheli
I-Air-gen ikhiqiza amandla ahlanzekile angu-24/7 futhi ingenye yezindlela ezihlukile nezimangazayo zokusetshenziswa kwama-protein nanowires. Kusukela manje, i-Air-gen inganikeza kuphela amandla anele ukushaja izisetshenziswa zikagesi ezincane ezingadingi amandla amaningi ukuze zisebenze.
Abathuthukisi bafaka yonke imizamo yabo ukuze bakwenze kube nzima kumaselula.
Isinyathelo esikhulu esilandelayo ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Air-gen ukuthi abathuthukisi bazoyihlola kumawashi ahlakaniphile nezilandeleli zokufaneleka. Ngemuva kwalokho, ithimba lonjiniyela lizothemba ukukhulisa ikhono le-Air-gen lokushaja ifoni. Lokhu kuzosusa ngokushesha isidingo sokushaja ngezikhathi ezithile esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Ngeke kube iphutha ukusho ukuthi i-Air-gen ingashintsha amashaja maduzane.
Amabhethri omakhalekhukhwini abangcono ngokukhishwa kwakamuva kwama-smartphones amasha. Abakhiqizi bazama nokunciphisa isikhathi sokushaja ngosizo lobuchwepheshe bokushaja ngokushesha. Maduze ukushaja okungenantambo nokushaja komoya kuzokhipha ukushajwa kwezintambo ngaphandle kwemakethe.
Ukuqala ngamadivaysi amancane kagesi afana ne-smartwatch kanye amabhande asezihlakaleni okusebenza ngokomzimba, USolwazi Yao uhlose ukuzuza ukushaja kweselula nge-Air-gen.
Umthombo: News.com.au