TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrated Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Organic Storage System
AU - Al-Haik, Mohammad Y.
AU - Hajj, Muhammad R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by De Gruyter 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - An experimental investigation of an integrated piezo-electric based energy harvester and an organic energy storage device is performed. The energy is harvested from a vibrating composite unimorph beam. The storage device is made out of an organic semiconductor material and storage elements from synthesized nanoparticles. The semiconducting polymer is obtained by blending poly (vinyl alcohol) and poly (acrylic acid) in crystal state polymers with sorbitol acting as the plasticizer. Zinc-Oxide nanoparticles with a diameter size between 50 and 70 nm are used as charge storage elements. A piezoelectric energy generation element made out of macro-fiber composite is used to harvest the energy from the vibrating beam. The harvested energy is stored in the organic capacitor. The performance of the organic device is evaluated through its comparison with commercial capacitors. The results show that the voltage produced was high enough to store the harvested energy in the organic capacitor. The charge and energy levels of the organic capacitor are reported.
AB - An experimental investigation of an integrated piezo-electric based energy harvester and an organic energy storage device is performed. The energy is harvested from a vibrating composite unimorph beam. The storage device is made out of an organic semiconductor material and storage elements from synthesized nanoparticles. The semiconducting polymer is obtained by blending poly (vinyl alcohol) and poly (acrylic acid) in crystal state polymers with sorbitol acting as the plasticizer. Zinc-Oxide nanoparticles with a diameter size between 50 and 70 nm are used as charge storage elements. A piezoelectric energy generation element made out of macro-fiber composite is used to harvest the energy from the vibrating beam. The harvested energy is stored in the organic capacitor. The performance of the organic device is evaluated through its comparison with commercial capacitors. The results show that the voltage produced was high enough to store the harvested energy in the organic capacitor. The charge and energy levels of the organic capacitor are reported.
KW - energy harvesting
KW - organic capacitor
KW - piezoelectric
KW - unimorph beam
KW - zinc-oxide particles
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U2 - 10.1515/ehs-2015-0014
DO - 10.1515/ehs-2015-0014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85052310390
SN - 2329-8774
VL - 3
SP - 113
EP - 119
JO - Energy Harvesting and Systems
JF - Energy Harvesting and Systems
IS - 2
ER -