Moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillations for energy harvesting

Yu Long; Peisheng He; Zhichun Shao; Zhaoyang Li; Han Kim; Archie Mingze Yao; Yande Peng; Renxiao Xu; Christine Heera Ahn; Seung-Wuk Lee; Junwen Zhong; Liwei Lin

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25554-y

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillations for energy harvesting

Yu Long,
Peisheng He,
Zhichun Shao,
Zhaoyang Li,
Han Kim,
Archie Mingze Yao,
Yande Peng,
Renxiao Xu,
Christine Heera Ahn,
Seung-Wuk Lee,
Junwen Zhong,
Liwei Lin

Affiliations

Yu Long: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Peisheng He: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Zhichun Shao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Zhaoyang Li: Department of Electromechanical Engineering and Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, University of Macau
Han Kim: Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley
Archie Mingze Yao: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Yande Peng: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Renxiao Xu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Christine Heera Ahn: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Seung-Wuk Lee: Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley
Junwen Zhong: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Liwei Lin: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25554-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Moisture-induced energy generation is a potential green energy power source. Here, the authors report a moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillation phenomenon and apply it to the demonstration of energy harvesters with long persistence time and good energy density

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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