Issue 38, 2011
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Soft capacitors for wave energy harvesting

Karsten Ahnert,ab   Markus Abel,ab   Matthias Kollosche,a   Per Jørgen Jørgensenc  and  Guggi Kofod*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Physics and Astronomy, Potsdam University, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
E-mail: guggi.kofod@uni-potsdam.de

b Ambrosys GmbH, Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 63a, Potsdam, Germany

c UP Transfer GmbH, Am Neuen Palais 10, Potsdam, Germany

Abstract

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

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM12454D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2011
Accepted
07 Jun 2011
First published
11 Aug 2011

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

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Soft capacitors for wave energy harvesting

K. Ahnert, M. Abel, M. Kollosche, P. J. Jørgensen and G. Kofod, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 14492 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM12454D

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