@inproceedings{4beaa0dbf87a49e4a319bc15703e471b,
title = "An electrostatic energy harvester exploiting variable-area water electrode by respiration",
abstract = "This paper reports an electrostatic energy-harvester exploiting water-layer formed by respiration as a variable-area electrode. We discover that electrically conductive water-layer is instantly formed on a silicon-dioxide surface by exhaled-breath. We adopt this layer as a variable capacitive electrode for electrostatic energy-harvesting. The capacitance change was anticipated using a theoretical modeling and finite-element-method (FEM) simulation, and theoretical power-generation was estimated (∼2 μW/cm2 at 1 V). We then fabricated the prototype device and verified the capacitance change experimentally. Finally, the prototype showed charging and discharging characteristics by respiration successfully for being used as an energy-harvester driven by human-breath solely.",
author = "Seo, \{Min Ho\} and Choi, \{Dong Hoon\} and Han, \{Chang Hoon\} and Yoo, \{Jae Young\} and Yoon, \{Jun Bo\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015 ; Conference date: 18-01-2015 Through 22-01-2015",
year = "2015",
month = feb,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7050902",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "February",
pages = "126--129",
booktitle = "2015 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2015",
edition = "February",
}