时至今日,我们对主要的可再生能源已经耳熟能详——即密布的太阳能电池阵列和绵延的庞大涡轮系统,将太阳能、风能及水能转化为数兆瓦的电能。当化石燃料在未来的世界里退出历史舞台,这些庞然大物将引领能源的发展潮流。[2]但最近一些研究人员开始捣鼓更加微妙的方法来生产能源。这些方法大多不循常规,例如,在手机触摸屏上设置微小透明的太阳能电池,或 Today, we are familiar with the major renewable energy sources - the dense array of solar cells and the huge, massive turbine system that transforms solar, wind and water into megawatts of electricity. As fossil fuels exit the stage of history in the future world, these behemoths will lead the tide of energy development. Recently, however, some researchers began to fiddle with more subtle ways to produce energy. Most of these methods do not follow the conventional method, for example, setting a tiny transparent solar cell on the touch screen of a mobile phone or