Liquid-based electrostatic energy harvester with high sensitivity to human physical motion

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Choi, Dong Hoon ^a   Han, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Hyun Don ^a   Yoon, Jun Bo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY VOLTAGE; CAPACITANCE RATIO; CAPACITANCE VARIATION; CONDUCTING LIQUID; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGIES; ENERGY HARVESTER; FABRICATED DEVICE; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HUMAN MOTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; HYDROPHOBIC TREATMENT; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; PERIODIC MOTION; PHYSICAL MOTION;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY HARVESTING; HYDROPHOBICITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

LIQUIDS;

EID: 82755166791     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/20/12/125012     Document Type: Article

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