• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.21
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• pp.193-193
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• 2008

Wearable and ubiquitous micro systems will be greatly growing and their related devices should be self-powered in order to avoid the replacement of finite power sources, for example, by scavenging energy from the environment. With ever reducing power requirements of both analog and digital circuits, power scavenging approaches are becoming increasingly realistic. One approach is to drive an electromechanical converter from ambient motion or vibration. Vibration-driven generators based on electromagnetic, electrostatic and piezoelectric technologies have been demonstrated. Among various generator types proposed so far, piezoelectric generator possesses considerable potential in micro system. To overcome low mechanical-to-electric energy conversion, the piezoelectric device should activate in resonance mode in response to external vibration. Normally, the external vibration excretes at low frequency ranging 0.1 to 200 Hz, whereas the resonant frequencies of the devices are fixed as constant. Therefore, keeping their resonant mode in varying external vibration can be one of important points in enhancing the conversion efficiency. We investigated the possibility of use of multi-bender type piezoelectric devices. To match the external vibration frequency with the device resonant frequency, the various devices with different resonant frequency were chosen.

• 세라미스트
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.54-88
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• 2020

Global effort has resulted in tremendous progress with energy harvesters that extract mechanical energy from ambient sources, convert it to electrical energy, and use it for systems such as wrist watches, mobile electronic devices, wireless sensor nodes, health monitoring, and biosensors. However, harvesting a single energy source only still pauses a great challenge in driving sustainable and maintenance-free monitoring and sensing devices. Over the last few years, research on high-performance mechanical energy harvesters at the micro and nanoscale has been directed toward the development of hybrid devices that either aim to harvest mechanical energy in addition to other types of energies simultaneously or to exploit multiple mechanisms to more effectively harvest mechanical energy. Herein, we appraise the rational designs for multiple energy harvesting, specifically state-of-the-art hybrid mechanical energy harvesters that employ multiple piezoelectric and triboelectric mechanisms to efficiently harvest mechanical energy. We identify the critical material parameters and device design criteria that lead to high-performance hybrid mechanical energy harvesters. Finally, we address the future perspectives and remaining challenges in the field.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2013년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.146-147
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• 2013

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.719-730
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 산화아연/탄소 테이프/산화아연의 대칭 구조를 갖는 ZCZ-NG라는 샌드위치형 산화아연(ZnO) 압전 에너지 하베스팅 소자를 제시한다. 고품질의 ZCZ-NG 소자를 제작하기 위해 전도성 양면 접착 탄소 테이프를 활용하였으며, 이는 매우 높은 피크 투 피크 전압(V_pp)을 발생시키는 ZCZ-NG 소자의 개발로 이어졌다. ZCZ-NG 소자의 크기, 산화아연 층의 두께 그리고 벤딩 변형률 변화에 따른 ZCZ-NG 소자의 출력 성능 변화를 측정, 분석하였다. 또한 제작된 ZCZ-NG 소자의 실효성 및 응용 가능성을 검증하기 위한 실험적인 센서 네트워크 테스트베드를 구축하였다. 상용 아두이노를 기반으로 한 송신, 수신 노드들로 이루어진 테스트베드에서 노드들은 각 노드에서 감지한 정보들을 무선으로 송수신한다. 본 연구에서 사용된 대칭 구조의 샌드위치형 ZCZ-NG 소자 제작 기술과 센서 네트워크와의 융합 연구가 앞으로 더 발전되어 사물인터넷 구현을 위한 자가발전 센서 네트워크 연구에 도움이 되길 바란다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2016

We present a piezoelectric energy harvester with stopper-engaged dynamic magnifier which is capable of significantly increasing the operating bandwidth and the energy (power) harvested from a broad range of low frequency vibrations (<30 Hz). It uses a mass-loaded polymer beam (primary spring-mass system) that works as a dynamic magnifier for another mass-loaded piezoelectric beam (secondary spring-mass system) clamped on primary mass, constituting a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) system. Use of polymer (polycarbonate) as the primary beam allows the harvester not only to respond to low frequency vibrations but also generates high impulsive force while the primary mass engages the base stopper. Upon excitation, the dynamic magnifier causes mechanical impact on the base stopper and transfers a secondary shock (in the form of impulsive force) to the energy harvesting element resulting in an increased strain in it and triggers nonlinear frequency up-conversion mechanism. Therefore, it generates almost four times larger average power and exhibits over 250% wider half-power bandwidth than those of its conventional 2-DOF counterpart (without stopper). Experimental results indicate that the proposed device is highly applicable to vibration energy harvesting in automobiles.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2021

As energy harvesting technology becomes important in relation to environmental issues, piezoelectric materials that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy are attracting attention. However, PZT, a representative material for piezoelectricity, is becoming difficult to use due to the problem that its components can cause environmental pollution. For this reason, recent research suggests a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that generates energy through the combined effect of triboelectricity and electric induction for alternative piezoelectric devices. In TENG, electrical power is determined by the dielectric constant, thickness, and grain generation of the charged material. Therefore, in this study, a Rutile phase TiO₂ thin film with high dielectric constant was formed using the spin-coating process and the effect of annealing was investigated. For electrical analysis, a TENG device was fabricated using PTFE as a material with an opposite charge, and electrical output according to film thickness and grain formation was comparatively analyzed.

• 감성과학
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 형광직물과 재귀반사 소재만으로 제작, 보급되고 있는 현 안전의복에, 광섬유 적용으로 시인성을 높여 야간이나 기상악화 시 안전사고로부터 작업자나 보행자를 보호하는데 있다. 이를 위하여 LED를 촉매로 한 광섬유와, 에너지 하베스팅 기술을 적용하여 설계·제작한 안전조끼를 개발하였다. 안전조끼는 필름에 일체화된 자동 점멸 광섬유에 의해 빛을 방출하도록 설계되었고 이 조끼를 착용한 작업자의 움직임으로, 버려지는 에너지를 수확하여 광섬유의 발광을 더 지속적으로 구동시키기 위해 에너지 하베스터를 제작하여 부착하였다. 그 결과, 첫째로 조끼 착용자의 신체는 광섬유(optical fiber)와 재귀반사 테이프를 통해 멀리서 인식 가능하도록 시인성이 높아져 사고예방에 도움이 된다. 즉 야간에 실시하는 도로변이나 고지대에서의 작업, 구조대원의 활동, 스포츠 활동 시 사고를 예방하거나, 비상상황이 발생할 경우 광섬유 발광을 변화시키는 신호로 사고 지점을 빨리 발견할 수 있어 인명구조에도 도움이 될 것이다. 둘째, 생활 속 버려지는 에너지를 활용하기 위하여 압전소자 발전 시스템을 개발하여 압전 에너지 하베스팅 장치를 탑재한 결과, 배터리부의 유효 충전량을 활성화하고 보조 충전을 함으로써 에너지를 소량일지라도 효율적으로 생산할 수 있었다. 동시에 안전조끼에 내장하여 제작함으로써 탈착이 용이하도록 하여 활용도를 높였다. 기존 안전 조끼의 경우 야간에 주변 조명이 없을 때는 조끼를 착용한 사람을 인식하는 것이 거의 불가능하지만, 본 연구에서는 안전조끼의 빛 신호로 주변 조명이 없을 때에도 100m 이내에서 착용자를 식별할 수 있었다. 또한 광섬유적용 안전조끼는 측면에서의 시인성 향상뿐만 아니라 가볍고 (물)세탁이 가능하여 실용적 측면에서 현존하는 LED적용 안전의류보다 우수하다. 그러므로 본 연구에서 개발한, 광섬유와 에너지 하베스터를 장착한 안전조끼는 실용도가 높고 안전사고 발생 예방과 감소, 나아가 인명구조에 이바지할 것으로 추정된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.383-399
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• 2015

Today, as railways increase their capacity and speeds, it is more important than ever to be completely aware of the state of vehicles fleet's condition to ensure the highest quality and safety standards, as well as being able to maintain the costs as low as possible. Operation of a modern, dynamic and efficient railway demands a real time, accurate and reliable evaluation of the infrastructure assets, including signal networks and diagnostic systems able to acquire functional parameters. In the conventional system, measurement data are reliably collected using coaxial wires for communication between sensors and the repository. As sensors grow in size, the cost of the monitoring system can grow. Recently, auto-powered wireless sensor has been considered as an alternative tool for economical and accurate realization of structural health monitoring system, being provided by the following essential features: on-board micro-processor, sensing capability, wireless communication, auto-powered battery, and low cost. In this work, an original harvester device is designed to supply wireless sensor system battery using train bogie energy. Piezoelectric materials have in here considered due to their established ability to directly convert applied strain energy into usable electric energy and their relatively simple modelling into an integrated system. The mechanical and electrical properties of the system are studied according to the project specifications. The numerical formulation is implemented with in-house code using commercial software tool and then experimentally validated through a proof of concept setup using an excitation signal by a real application scenario.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.298-298
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• 2013

Finding renewable and clean energy resources is essential research to solve global warming and depletion of fossil fuels in modern society. Recently, complex harvesting of energy from multiple sources is available in our living environments using a single device has become highly desirable, representing a new trend in energy technologies. We report that when simultaneously driving the fusion and composite cells of two or more types, it is possible to make an affect the other cells to obtain a greater synergistic effect. To understand the coupling effect of photovoltaic and piezoelectric device, we fabricate the serially integrated hybrid cell (s-HC) based on organic solar cell (OSC) and piezoelectric nanogenerator (PNG). The size of increased voltage peaks when OSC and PNG are working on is larger than the case when only PNG is working. This voltage difference is the Voc change of OSC, not the voltage change of PNG and current density difference between these two cases is manifested more clearly. When the OSC and PNG are working in s-HC at the same time, piezoelectric potential (VPNG) is generated in ZnO and theoretical total voltage is sum of voltage of an OSC (VOSC) and VPNG. However, electrons from OSC are influenced by piezoelectric potential in ZnO and current loss of OSC in whole circuit decreases. As a result, VOSC increases temporarily. Current shows the similar behavior. PNG acts a resistance in the whole circuit and current loss occurs when the electrons from OSC pass through the PNG. But piezoelectric potential recover current loss and decrease the resistance of PNG. Our PNG can maintain piezoelectric potential when the strain is held owing to the LDH layer while general PNG cannot maintain piezoelectric potential. During the section that strain is held, voltage enhancement effect is maintained and same effect appeared even turn off the light. Actually at this time, electrons in ZnO nanosheets move to LDH and trapped by the positive charges in this layer. After this strain is held, piezoelectric potential of ZnO nanosheets is disappeared but potential difference which is developed by negative charge dominant LDH layer is remained. This potential acts similar role like piezoelectric potential in ZnO. Electrons from the OSC also are influenced by this potential and the more current flows.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.622-622
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• 2013

Piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) device refers to a power device for acquiring mechanical energy from the environment surrounding us which would otherwise be wasted and for converting it into usable electrical energy. While much work has been done on developing ZnO nanogenerator (NG) with nanowire arrays, there are some issues of not only scaling up its output power but also optimizing structure for operating feasibly in various conditions. Efficiency of NG is highly dependent on fixed orientation. But in many cases, it is not easy to predict where the pressure and vibration may come from. Furthermore, the direction of the applied mechanical stress is usually non-stationary and can be random in various practical applications. Therefore an omnidirectional PEH is needed.In this work, we investigate an omnidirectional PEH device consisting ZnO nanowires. We deposited spiral patterned ZnO seed layer on Kapton film. We deposited thin Cr layer on the ZnO seed layer using DC-sputter to form a passivation layer to retard un-expected growth of ZnO nanowires. We grew ZnO nanowires along the spiral arms using hydrothermal method. ZnO nanowires have been selectively grown from the ZnO sidewall without Cr layer and have the average length of$5{\mu}m$ and the average diameter of 40nm. We reduced the defect in the as-grown ZnO nanowires by O2 plasma using asher and by thermal treatment using RTA. Consequently, each nanowire has different directions to each other. This isotropic design can lead to the omnidirectional power generation. The morphology of NG is characterized with FESEM. Maximum output power of the device is measured by using a picoammeter and a nanovoltmeter.