WATER 8, 172-182, AUGUST 19, 2017 172 WATER Vigorous Shaking Enhances Voltage and Power Generation in Polar Liquids due to Domain Formation as Predicted by QED Authors: Poonam Bandyopadhyay 1,2 , Debbethi Bera 1 , Kaushik Das 1 , Biplab Kumar Paul 1 , Sukhen Das 1,2 , Durga Shankar Bhar 1 , Raj Kumar Manchanda 3 , Anil Kumar Khurana 3 , Debadatta Nayak 3 , Ruma Basu 1 , Papiya Nandy 1 * 1Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Education, 404 B Jodhpur Park, Kolkata-700 068, India 2Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188 Raja S. C. Mallik Road, Kolkata-700 032, India 3Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, 61-65 Institutional Area, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058, India *Corresponding author: pnandy00@gmail.com Received January 2, 2017; Revised May 6, 2017; Accepted May 9, 2017; Published: August 19, 2017; Available online: August 19, 2017 DOI: 10.14294/WATER.2017.2 Abstract Using a U-shaped glass tube where one arm contains bi-distilled water and the oth- er arm ethyl alcohol (91%) separated by a platinum foil, the generated voltage across two platinum electrodes and a DC power of the order of nanoW were measured. The generated voltage lasted for many hours. The magnitude of both the voltage and power generated increased with vigorous shaking of the alcohol. Considering the absence of any signifcant quantity of ionic solutes in this system, voltage generation from two different po- lar liquids separated by a metal separator is an interesting phenomenon in the context of classical electrochemistry and seems to imply some kind of non-ionic conduction. A qualitative explanation of this phenom- enon has been offered here based on the principle of Quantum Electrodynamics. Keywords Polar liquid; voltage-power generation; domain formation; succussion; quantum electrodynamics. Introduction Driven by the modern lifestyle’s growing demand for energy and signifcant pressure to protect the environment, newer technol- ogies for getting electrical energy from eco- friendly alternative energy sources have been one of the major objectives of present day research. Photo-voltage generation using solar pow- er has been studied intensively for several decades. The limitations of conventional silicon technology based on photo-voltage have led to the use of varieties of nanopar- ticles (NPs) as the new building blocks to construct light energy harvesting as- semblies (Gratzel, 2005; Nakayama et al., 2008; Chou et al., 2008; Vansark et al., 2012; Kamat, 2007). New initiatives like use of biomimetic systems to simulate nat- ural photosynthesis (Choi et al., 2004; Das et al., 2004; Rybtchinski et al., 2004; Grat- zel, 2010) and fabrication of hybrid solar cells by using nanoparticles have also been very promising (O’Regan et al, 1991; Gunes et al., 2010; Baxter et al., 2005; Martinson et al., 2007; Greene et al., 2007; Beek et al., 2004).