Shadow enhanced self-charging power system for wave and solar energy harvesting from the ocean

Qian Zhang; Qijie Liang; Dilip Krishna Nandakumar; Hao Qu; Qiongfeng Shi; Fuad Indra Alzakia; Darrell Jun Jie Tay; Lin Yang; Xueping Zhang; Lakshmi Suresh; Chengkuo Lee; Andrew Thye Shen Wee; Swee Ching Tan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-20919-9

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Shadow enhanced self-charging power system for wave and solar energy harvesting from the ocean

Qian Zhang,
Qijie Liang,
Dilip Krishna Nandakumar,
Hao Qu,
Qiongfeng Shi,
Fuad Indra Alzakia,
Darrell Jun Jie Tay,
Lin Yang,
Xueping Zhang,
Lakshmi Suresh,
Chengkuo Lee,
Andrew Thye Shen Wee,
Swee Ching Tan

Affiliations

Qian Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Qijie Liang: Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
Dilip Krishna Nandakumar: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Hao Qu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Qiongfeng Shi: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Fuad Indra Alzakia: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Darrell Jun Jie Tay: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Lin Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Xueping Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Lakshmi Suresh: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Chengkuo Lee: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Andrew Thye Shen Wee: Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
Swee Ching Tan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20919-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Ubiquitous shadows cast from moving objects in hybrid energy-harvesting systems are undesirable as they degrade the performance of the photovoltaic cells. Here the authors report the shadow of the moving object in a hybrid energy-harvesting system shortens charging time to charge a self-charging power system.

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