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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.

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Author details:Karsten Ahnert, Markus AbelORCiDGND, Matthias Kollosche, Per Jorgen Jorgensen, Guggi Kofod
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm12454d
ISSN:0959-9428
ISSN:1364-5501
Title of parent work (English):Journal of materials chemistry
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Place of publishing:Cambridge
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2011
Publication year:2011
Release date:2017/03/26
Volume:21
Issue:38
Number of pages:6
First page:14492
Last Page:14497
Funding institution:WING initiative of the Germany Ministry of Education and Research [NMP/03X5511]; National Science Foundation [PHY05-51164]
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie
Peer review:Referiert
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