Moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillations for energy harvesting

Long, Yu; He, Peisheng; Shao, Zhichun; Li, Zhaoyang; Kim, Han; Yao, Archie Mingze; Peng, Yande; Xu, Renxiao; Ahn, Christine Heera; Lee, Seung-Wuk; Zhong, Junwen; Lin, Liwei

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25554-y

Title: Moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillations for energy harvesting

Journal Article · 06 September 2021 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25554-y · OSTI ID:2469662

Long, Yu ^[1]; He, Peisheng ^[1];

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^[3]; Peng, Yande ^[1]; Xu, Renxiao ^[1]; Ahn, Christine Heera ^[1];

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Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
University of Macau (China)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); University of Macau (China)

A variety of autonomous oscillations in nature such as heartbeats and some biochemical reactions have been widely studied and utilized for applications in the fields of bioscience and engineering. Here, we report a unique phenomenon of moisture-induced electrical potential oscillations on polymers, poly([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide-co-acrylic acid), during the diffusion of water molecules. Chemical reactions are modeled by kinetic simulations while system dynamic equations and the stability matrix are analyzed to show the chaotic nature of the system which oscillates with hidden attractors to induce the autonomous surface potential oscillation. Using moisture in the ambient environment as the activation source, this self-excited chemoelectrical reaction could have broad influences and usages in surface-reaction based devices and systems. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, an energy harvester is constructed and achieved the continuous energy production for more than 15,000 seconds with an energy density of 16.8 mJ/cm². A 2-Volts output voltage has been produced to power a liquid crystal display toward practical applications with five energy harvesters connected in series.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2469662

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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