Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Energy-loss return gate via liquid dielectric polarization

  • Taehun Kim,
  • Hyungseok Yong,
  • Banseok Kim,
  • Dongseob Kim,
  • Dukhyun Choi,
  • Yong Tae Park,
  • Sangmin Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03893-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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One major energy loss in electronics is heat dissipation due to induced polarization in dielectric materials in the presence of electric fields. Kim et al. utilize large polarization in liquids to harvest dielectric loss via an energy-loss return gate design, which converts energy back to electricity.