Energy harvesting and storage apparatus and a method of forming thereof
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsChunyi Zhi, Zifeng Wang
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Abstract
A system and a method for an energy harvesting and storage apparatus including a flexible substrate, an energy harvesting device disposed on the flexible substrate, the energy harvesting device is configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, an energy storage device disposed on the flexible substrate and in electrical communication with the energy harvesting device and configured to receive and store the electrical energy from the energy harvesting device.
Claims32
An energy harvesting and storage apparatus comprising:
- a flexible substrate,
- an energy harvesting device disposed on the flexible substrate, the energy harvesting device is configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy,
- an energy storage device disposed on the flexible substrate and in electrical communication with the energy harvesting device and configured to receive and store the electrical energy from the energy harvesting device.
A method of forming an energy harvesting and an energy storage apparatus comprising:
- providing a flexible substrate,
- constructing an energy harvesting device by coating a portion of the flexible substrate with a first ink and a second ink,
- constructing an energy storage device by electrodepositing an anode, depositing a cathode and providing an electrolyte between the anode and cathode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.