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Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting
Over the last decade electrical batteries have emerged as a critical bottleneck for portable electronics development. High-power mechanical energy harvesting can potentially provide a valuable alternative to the use of batteries, but, until now, a suitable mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21863015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1454 |
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author | Krupenkin, Tom Taylor, J. Ashley |
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description | Over the last decade electrical batteries have emerged as a critical bottleneck for portable electronics development. High-power mechanical energy harvesting can potentially provide a valuable alternative to the use of batteries, but, until now, a suitable mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion technology did not exist. Here we describe a novel mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion method based on the reverse electrowetting phenomenon. Electrical energy generation is achieved through the interaction of arrays of moving microscopic liquid droplets with novel nanometer-thick multilayer dielectric films. Advantages of this process include the production of high power densities, up to 10(3) W m(−2); the ability to directly utilize a very broad range of mechanical forces and displacements; and the ability to directly output a broad range of currents and voltages, from several volts to tens of volts. These advantages make this method uniquely suited for high-power energy harvesting from a wide variety of environmental mechanical energy sources. |
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spelling | pubmed-32653682012-01-24 Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting Krupenkin, Tom Taylor, J. Ashley Nat Commun Article Over the last decade electrical batteries have emerged as a critical bottleneck for portable electronics development. High-power mechanical energy harvesting can potentially provide a valuable alternative to the use of batteries, but, until now, a suitable mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion technology did not exist. Here we describe a novel mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion method based on the reverse electrowetting phenomenon. Electrical energy generation is achieved through the interaction of arrays of moving microscopic liquid droplets with novel nanometer-thick multilayer dielectric films. Advantages of this process include the production of high power densities, up to 10(3) W m(−2); the ability to directly utilize a very broad range of mechanical forces and displacements; and the ability to directly output a broad range of currents and voltages, from several volts to tens of volts. These advantages make this method uniquely suited for high-power energy harvesting from a wide variety of environmental mechanical energy sources. Nature Pub. Group 2011-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3265368/ /pubmed/21863015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1454 Text en Copyright © 2011, Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Krupenkin, Tom Taylor, J. Ashley Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title | Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title_full | Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title_fullStr | Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title_full_unstemmed | Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title_short | Reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
title_sort | reverse electrowetting as a new approach to high-power energy harvesting |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3265368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21863015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1454 |
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