Title :
Vibration Energy Harvesting by Carbon Nanotube Network/Polydimethylsiloxane Composite
Author :
Lv, Qiang ; Chen, Mingxiang ; Wu, Keling ; Liu, Sheng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Phys., Wuhan Polytech. Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
There are many vibration energy in nature, vibration energy harvesting is an attractive technique for low-power devices. In this paper, a new vibration energy harvesting by carbon nanotube network(NTN)/polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS) composite was investigated. The composite of NTN embedded in PDMS matrix has been fabricated by using filtration, standard integrated circuits processes and transfer process. The NTN/PDMS composite can be used to harvest energy from vibrating structures. The energy harvesting device is not only single resonance frequency based, but also used to a frequency range of vibration energy. The NTN/PDMS composite provides a new approach to harvest vibration energy.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; energy harvesting; filled polymers; filtration; low-power electronics; power integrated circuits; vibrations; C; PDMS matrix; carbon nanotube network; filtration; low-power devices; polydimethylsiloxane composite; standard integrated circuit process; transfer process; vibrating structures; vibration energy harvesting; Carbon nanotubes; Educational institutions; Energy harvesting; Integrated circuits; Materials; Resonant frequency; Vibrations; carbon nanotube; composite; vibration energy;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6880-5
DOI :
10.1109/iCECE.2010.1409
