Charge-pumping in a synthetic leaf for harvesting energy from evaporation-driven flows

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Borno, Ruba T ^a   Steinmeyer, Joseph D ^b   Maharbiz, Michel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMBEDDED CAPACITOR; ENERGY DENSITY; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; IN-PLANT; MICROFABRICATED; POWER DENSITIES; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; STORAGE CAPACITOR; TRANSIENT CHANGES; WATER TRANSPORT;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVAPORATION; PUMPS; VAPORS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 67650480754     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3157144     Document Type: Article

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