Tuesday, 18 December at Nwaoga discovered how to use Mimosa pudica, to generate renewable energy. He explained that solar cells constructed with the weed extracts and exposed to sunlight were found to accumulate solar energy which was transformed to electrical energy.

The stored electrical energy, according to him could be subsequently developed for various domestic, military and industrial appliances including solar rechargeable lantern. Oh Ndigbo, if not dat Nigeria has drawn us backwards, only God knows where we would have been by now if we had a country of our own. Some people might need a million yrs to catch up with us. Anyways, God bless Ndigbo and bless Nigeria too.

Justus Nwaoga

This is quite impressive, and has a lot of potential. Talk about alternative energy.

This is good and would encourage others to go researching. And unilag graduate prooves homosexuality wrong using magnet the way ibos and yoruba think. Nwaoga decided to explore the relationship between sunlight and mimosa leaves. The question has been; 'why do the leaves collapse when touched, only to open again within minutes in daylight? Dec 6, Messages: Feb 12, Messages: What is remarkable is that the fellow is a pharmacist and not a Physicist or Engineer or involved in the energy industry, so it appears to be something he has done out of sheer curiosity.


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Austin and emj like this. Jul 11, Messages: This is the hallmark of the innovation. The beauty of the innovation is that the weed used for its development is a plant that is seen growing un- nurtured in most soils. Furthermore, it is assembled at assembled at a very minimal cost when compared to other forms of Photovoltaic cell constructions. The aim of the innovation is to provide alternative solar energy source. The innovation has passed the Rand D stage and has been presented in many for a within and out of Nigeria.


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  • It has attracted high interests from solar energy researchers. It is now in start-up phase. The latest design of the mimosa solar panel is a thin film solar cells arranged in modules that absorb the solar energy which is eventually transformed into electrical energy and stored in the accumulator.

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    With the advent of the black silicon isolated from the plant, calculated amount of it can now be applied to quantify the energy output and other indicating qualities, for example, power rating and voltage. The mimosa panels products are now installed locally in our immediate environment. The African solar panel is rated 4. It is packaged as micro size solar panel to charge 6. This innovation has evolved with this size solar panel having the dimensions of 1.

    It is now installed in the neighborhood to have the impact of the latest African Solar Panel innovation. Mimosa innovation is the making of solar cells from mimosa plant weed. It has been found that the material responsible for this activity is black silicon. This was used to make solar cells which have renewable activity. The cells when assembled and exposed to the sun were found to generate current supported by DC voltage commensurate with the concentration of the extracted black silicon. The innovation has been scaled up by establishing a farm for cultivation of mimosa weed.

    This has given rise to increased yield of the raw material and subsequent increase in the no. The world wide green revolution and quest for isolating sources of bioenergy introduced so many innovative instruments into the electrical market.

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    Solar articles are very marketable. The innovation is cheap and affordable. This is an original research both in conception and implementation techniques. The discovery of the mimosa solar cell has explored and isolated the compounds responsible for the electrical potential and renewable property of Mimosa weed as monitored in the live plant when it opens during the daylight. Furthermore a patent been secured for this innovation.

    Journal publications in Journal of Chemical Science and Technology. Paper JCT, vol. It is very scalable. The work on this project initially started with at a micro molecule, then the interacting substances, then the construction of solar cells. The cells can be developed to any conceivable scale following the principles of this innovation. The resource which is natural weed is now cultivated by increasing the acres of land to boost the scale of production and product.

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    The cuttings from the plant are daily rejuvenated with fresh leaves. This is absolutely endless. It has impacted my immediate environment with the installations performed by the technical group. The impact has been gradual as a new innovation coming up stream. It is expected that in short while its application and use will extend to the wider society. The innovation is meant to solve part of the perennial problem of the majority of the people which is acute electricity shortage black outs. It is also being projected for the African rural communities.