Low frequency kinetic energy harvester
AssigneesSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd., The Penn State Research Foundation
InventorsKyounghwan CHOI, Qiming ZHANG, Qing WANG, Yong ZHANG, Changkyu JEONG
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Abstract
A kinetic energy harvester includes a P-type hydrogel composite electrode; an N-type hydrogel composite electrode; a separator disposed between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type hydrogel composite electrode; and a current collector between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type composite electrode.
Claims15
A kinetic energy harvester comprising:
- a p-type hydrogel composite electrode;
- an n-type hydrogel composite electrode;
- a separator disposed between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type hydrogel composite electrode;
- and
- a current collector between the P-type hydrogel composite electrode and the N-type composite electrode.
A kinetic energy harvester stack, comprising:
- two or more kinetic energy harvester units disposed adjacent to each other, wherein each kinetic energy harvester unit comprises
- a p-type hydrogel composite electrode,
- an n-type hydrogel composite electrode, and
- a separator disposed between the p-type hydrogel composite electrode and the n-type hydrogel composite electrode;
- and
- a current collector disposed on a top layer of the stack, a bottom layer of the stack, or a combination thereof.
The kinetic energy harvester stack of claim 15, further comprising an ion barrier layer disposed between the energy harvester units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.