Soft Capacitors for Wave Energy Harvesting

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2011-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/1104.4276v2

J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 14492-14497

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

16 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1039/C1JM12454D

Wave energy harvesting could be a substantial renewable energy source without impact on the global climate and ecology, yet practical attempts have struggle d with 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 regio ns with optimal behavior are found, and novel material descriptors are determined which simplify analysis dramatically. The characteristics of currently ava ilable material are evaluated, and found to merit a very conservative estimate of 10 years for raw material cost recovery.

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