Scientists from Korea have turned the main ingredient of calamine lotion into a tiny material that converts sound waves into electricity.
韩国科学家将炉甘石洗液的主要成分转化成一种微细的材料，这种材料能够将声波转化成电能。
Solar panels take energy from the sun and turn it into electricity.
太阳能电池板从太阳获取能量并将其转化为电能。
When a raindrop falls on the solar panel and then rolls down, it creates friction on the surface of the panel, which can then be turned into electricity.
雨滴落在太阳能电池板上，然后滚落下来，此时它与电池板表面产生摩擦力，这种摩擦力可以转化为电能。
Future cars may eat their own exhaust, converting heat from their emissions into electricity.
未来的汽车将有可能通过把排放的热量转化成电能而“吃掉”它们自己排放的尾气。
That means a smaller area of cell can be used to convert a given amount of light into electricity.
那意味着更小面积的电池可以被用来将一定量的光转化成电能。
The result: the active materials in the panels absorb more light, and convert more of it into electricity.
效果就是：太阳能板中的活性物质吸收了更多阳光，从而使更多阳光转化成了电能。
Have its own ceramic fuel cell that converts natural gas into electricity, one of the first in the country?
l有自己的陶瓷燃料电池将天然气转化为电力，这在乡村是首屈一指的。
However MIT's method to convert light and heat into electricity is much more efficient than previous versions.
然而，MIT将光和热转化为电力的方法比之前的版本要更有效。
Additionally, Japanese companies are following some American and European rivals into electricity generation.
此外，日本企业进攻电力产业，与一些美国和欧洲的企业竞争。
Converting solar energy beamed from space into electricity in a power grid, however, has not yet been demonstrated.
可是，能否把从太空上发射来的太阳能转变成可以进入输电网中的电能，则还没有实例。
And this rotational kinetic energy can then be, perhaps, converted into electricity or in other forms of energy.
这个旋转动能，可以，转换为电力，或者其他形式的能量。
And therefore almost every mountaineer has with him or her a device which converts mechanical energy into electricity.
因此几乎所有登山者，都会携带一种，能把机械能转化为电的装置。
Some of the latest solar cells, for instance, can covert sunlight into electricity with an efficiency of more than 40%.
例如，部分最新型的太阳能电池将阳光转换成电能的功率超过了40%。
Converting only 2.5 percent of that radiation into electricity would match the nation's total energy consumption in 2006.
只要将这些辐射中的百分制二点五转化成电能就可以满足一个国家在2006年的全部的能源消耗。
Nuclear energy can be converted into heat, and that can be converted into mechanical energy and again into electricity.
核能也可以转化为热量，能转化为机械能，再转成电力。
And, just like motors, artificial muscles can also be used in reverse as generators, transforming movement into electricity.
而且，如同电动机一样，人造肌肉还能反过来当发电机使用，将运动转化为电力。
Energy: Converting the motion of the sea into electricity requires a trade-off between efficiency and resilience—or does it?
能源：海洋的动能转变为电能时效率和弹性不可兼得——非如此不可吗？
Hagelstein says that with present systems it's possible to efficiently convert heat into electricity, but with very little power.
哈格尔施泰因说，借助目前的系统，实现热电高效转化是有可能的，但得到的电能很小。
The electrolyte is stored in an external tank and pumped through the battery’s cells to convert chemical energy into electricity.
电解液储存在容器外然后泵过电池并将化学能转换为电能。
Concentrating solar power, or solar thermal, involves using the sun's energy to create heat that can be turned into electricity.
集中式太阳能，也称为太阳能热，其需要利用太阳能来产生热量，然后再把这种热量转化成电力。
The most transportable form of energy, though, is electricity, so systems that convert waste heat into electricity are also desirable.
电是最容易运输的一种能量，所以就需要将热转化为电的系统。
A new alloy with unique properties can convert heat directly into electricity, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.
美国明尼苏达大学的研究人员发现：一种具有独特性能的新型合金可以将热能直接转化成电能。
Most solar power comes from photovoltaic cells that turn sunlight directly into electricity: installations of this type can be any size.
多数太阳能是由太阳能光伏发电电池直接将太阳光转换成电能产生的，这类装置规模大小不限。
The proprietary Stirling engine was developed by Cool energy to efficiently convert solar thermal energy or waste heat into electricity.
专有的斯特林发动机能有效地太阳能或废热转换成电能。
That gives it the opportunity to absorb, and thus convert into electricity, most of the red light falling on it, as well as the blue.
这样使电池有机会吸收大部分照射到它的红端和蓝端的光线。
But there are materials that can directly convert heat into electricity without running some working fluid through a traditional generator.
而现在有种材料，无需工作流体通过传统发电机就可以直接将热能转化为电能。
It is the thermal energy of the gas, after all, that the turbine converts into electricity, so the colder the gas, the lower the yield.
毕竟，涡轮机转换成电力的能量是由气体的热量提供的，气体温度越低，发电量越小。
It is the thermal energy of the gas, after all, that the turbine converts into electricity, so the colder the gas, the lower the yield.
毕竟，涡轮机转换成电力的能量是由气体的热量提供的，气体温度越低，发电量越小。
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