US Patent Issued to THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY on March 31 for "Moisture enabled electric power generation materials and device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,654, issued on March 31, was assigned to THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY (Hong Kong).

"Moisture enabled electric power generation materials and device" was invented by Xiao-ming Tao (Hong Kong) and Su Yang (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ionic hydrogel moisture-electric generator including a thin film comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first electrode electrically connected to the first surface of the thin film; a second electrode electrically connected to the second surface of the thin film; and a moisture impermeable barrier film disposed on the second surface of the ...