Title :
Seismic Power Generator Using High-Performance Polymer Electret
Author :
Tsutsumino, Takumi ; Suzuki, Yuji ; Kasagi, Nobuhide ; Sakane, Yoshihiko
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Development of a micro electret generator prototype for energy harvesting applications is presented. MEMS-friendly perfluoropolymer, CYTOP is adopted as high-performance electret material. When corona charging is employed, charge density as large as 1.37 mC/m2is obtained for a 15 mm-thick CYTOP film, which is much larger than that of Teflon AF. In power generation experiments using a prototype seismic generator, maximum output power of 38 mW is obtained with 2 mmp-poscillation at 20 Hz.
Keywords :
Counting circuits; Dielectric materials; Electrets; Electrodes; Frequency; Glass; Polymers; Power generation; Prototypes; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2006. MEMS 2006 Istanbul. 19th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul, Turkey
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9475-5
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2006.1627745
