Latest exhibition at Science Museum introduces portable energy harvesting devices (with photo)

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   The Hong Kong Science Museum is holding the "Portable Energy Harvesting Devices" exhibition at the Science News Corner from today (January 13) to August 30. The exhibition introduces portable energy harvesting devices, explains their scientific principles and shows how they might be used by people.

     Wearable energy harvesting devices are electronic devices that people can use to convert ambient energy into electrical energy. Because of the popular use of personal mobile devices, demand for the ability to recharge devices' batteries while on the move is rising. Portable and wearable recharging devices are an option for mobile charging in the future.

     Relying on the principle of the Seebeck effect (or the Peltier effect), the energy harvesting device is able to directly convert heat energy from the human body into electricity. In order to develop more efficient and flexible devices, the research team at Hong Kong Baptist University is conducting intensive research on sustainable materials and devices. It is hoped that portable energy harvesting devices can become popular and affordable in the near future.

     Information at the exhibition is provided by Dr Chan Mau-hing and his research team from the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science at Hong Kong Baptist University.

     For details, please visit the Hong Kong Science Museum's website at hk.science.museum/en_US/web/scm/se/snc.html or call 2732 3232 for enquiries.

Ends/Friday, January 13, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:30

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The Hong Kong Science Museum is holding the "Portable Energy Harvesting Devices" exhibition at the Science News Corner from today (January 13) to August 30. Photo shows three module sets from the exhibition that demonstrate how an energy harvesting device can convert heat energy from the human body into electricity under the principle of the Seebeck effect (or the Peltier effect).