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Nonlinear Energy Harvesting [PDF]
, 2013 The concept of harvesting electrical energy from ambient vibration sources has been a popular topic of research in recent years. The motivation behind this research is largely due to recent advancements in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS ...
Green, P.L.
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: Enhancing Power Output by Device Optimisation and Circuit Techniques [PDF]
, 2010 Energy harvesting; that is, harvesting small amounts of energy from environmental sources such as solar, air flow or vibrations using small-scale (≈1cm 3 ) devices, offers the prospect of powering portable electronic devices such as GPS receivers and
Worthington, Emma
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Miniaturized Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting Devices
Molecules, 2021 Harvesting salinity gradient energy, also known as “osmotic energy” or “blue energy”, generated from the free energy mixing of seawater and fresh river water provides a renewable and sustainable alternative for circumventing the recent upsurge in global ...
Wei-Shan Hsu +3 more
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Polymer-based membranes for promoting osmotic energy conversion
Giant, 2022 Membrane-based reverse electrodialysis is a promising technology for harvesting the osmotic energy to solve the increasingly severe energy problems. However, the osmotic power generation generally suffers from low power output for the poor performance of
Weipeng Chen +3 more
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Charge Regulation and pH Effects on Thermo-Osmotic Conversion
Nanomaterials, 2022 Thermo-osmotic energy conversion using waste heat is one of the approaches to harvesting sustainable energy and reducing associated environmental impacts simultaneously. In principle, ions transport through a charged nanopore membrane under the effect of
Van-Phung Mai +2 more
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Nature Communications, 2020 Heterogeneous membranes show great promise in harvesting the osmotic energy, but the performance is limited by the low interfacial transport efficiency.
Zhen Zhang +5 more
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, 2013 This paper presents the testing results of a wireless sensor communication system with low power consumption integrated with an energy harvesting power source.
Marsic, Vlad +2 more
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Advanced Science, 2022 Nanofluidic channels based on 2D nanomaterials are promising to harvest osmotic energy for their high ion selectivity and osmotic conductivity. However, anion‐selective nanofluidic channels are rare and chemical modification is necessary through ...
Yaqian Liu, Jianfeng Ping, Yibin Ying
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Viability of Harvesting Salinity Gradient (Blue) Energy by Nanopore-Based Osmotic Power Generation
Engineering, 2022 The development of novel materials with ion-selective nanochannels has introduced a new technology for harvesting salinity gradient (blue) energy, namely nanopore power generators (NPGs).
Zhangxin Wang +2 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Salinity-gradient directed osmotic energy between seawater and river water has been widely considered as a promising clean and renewable energy source, as there are numerous river estuaries on our planet. In the past few decades, reverse electrodialysis (
Lu Yao +4 more
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