Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have developed a new photovoltaic material that can generate power when irradiated with light produced in household light sources like LED or CFL. This research supports IoT technology that is finding increasing adoption in society today. IoT devices are being increasingly used in mobile phones, smart homes, and other applications that require various kinds of real-time data. These devices are required to run independently without being dependent on electrical grids for power supply; primary and secondary batteries are currently used to power such devices. All batteries, irrespective of their kind, have a finite lifespan and are neither cost-effective nor eco-friendly.<\/p>\n
Light-induced power generators are promising alternatives to batteries for powering such devices. Solar cells use the light from the sun to produce power, but since many of the IoT are used indoors, the solar light is not an option. An alternative is to find methods to harness light from indoor lighting sources to generate enough power to run indoor devices such as sensors, gadgets, Wi-Fi routers, RFID readers, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have developed a new photovoltaic material that can generate power when irradiated with light produced in household light sources like LED or CFL. This research supports IoT technology that is finding increasing adoption in society today. IoT devices are being increasingly used in mobile phones, smart homes, and other applications that require various kinds of real-time data. These devices are required to run independently without being dependent on electrical grids for power supply; primary and secondary batteries are currently used to power such devices. All batteries, irrespective of their kind, have a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,246,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-power-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}