TY - GEN
T1 - Water-Electrokinetic Power Generation Device using Flexible Woody Carbon Film
AU - Maeda, Seren
AU - Kuwae, Hiroyuki
AU - Sakamoto, Kosuke
AU - Shoji, Shuichi
AU - Mizuno, Jun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - We developed a water-electrokinetic energy harvester using a flexible woody carbon film (FWCF). The proposed device induced streaming current/voltage by water-vapor flow and thermal-evaporation flow in natural microchannels of wood, which called tracheid. In addition, high specific area of the FWCF can improve the output. The fabricated device showed a streaming voltage of about 9.7\ \mu \mathrm{V} with the water-vapor flow. Moreover, the output of the device were enhanced by thermal-evaporation flow. The maximum output voltage was 421.3\ \mu \mathrm{V}. After stabilization, 217.8\ \mu \mathrm{V} was continuously observed over 30 minutes at 80 °C. These results indicate that the proposed FWCF based water-electrokinetic power generation device has a high potential in power sources for Internet of things society.
AB - We developed a water-electrokinetic energy harvester using a flexible woody carbon film (FWCF). The proposed device induced streaming current/voltage by water-vapor flow and thermal-evaporation flow in natural microchannels of wood, which called tracheid. In addition, high specific area of the FWCF can improve the output. The fabricated device showed a streaming voltage of about 9.7\ \mu \mathrm{V} with the water-vapor flow. Moreover, the output of the device were enhanced by thermal-evaporation flow. The maximum output voltage was 421.3\ \mu \mathrm{V}. After stabilization, 217.8\ \mu \mathrm{V} was continuously observed over 30 minutes at 80 °C. These results indicate that the proposed FWCF based water-electrokinetic power generation device has a high potential in power sources for Internet of things society.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2019.8870868
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2019.8870868
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85074330321
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 233
EP - 236
BT - 2019 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2019
Y2 - 27 January 2019 through 31 January 2019
ER -