Soft capacitors for wave energy harvesting
- Wave energy harvesting could be a substantial renewable energy source without impact on the global climate and ecology, yet practical attempts have struggled with the problems of wear and catastrophic failure. An innovative technology for ocean wave energy harvesting was recently proposed, based on the use of soft capacitors. This study presents a realistic theoretical and numerical model for the quantitative characterization of this harvesting method. Parameter regions with optimal behavior are found, and novel material descriptors are determined, which dramatically simplify analysis. The characteristics of currently available materials are evaluated, and found to merit a very conservative estimate of 10 years for raw material cost recovery.
| Verfasserangaben: | Karsten Ahnert, Markus AbelORCiDGND, Matthias Kollosche, Per Jorgen Jorgensen, Guggi Kofod |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm12454d |
| ISSN: | 0959-9428 |
| ISSN: | 1364-5501 |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Journal of materials chemistry |
| Verlag: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Verlagsort: | Cambridge |
| Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2011 |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 26.03.2017 |
| Band: | 21 |
| Ausgabe: | 38 |
| Seitenanzahl: | 6 |
| Erste Seite: | 14492 |
| Letzte Seite: | 14497 |
| Fördernde Institution: | WING initiative of the Germany Ministry of Education and Research [NMP/03X5511]; National Science Foundation [PHY05-51164] |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
| Peer Review: | Referiert |
