Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University

University of Texas System

Keon Jung Kim

Seon Jeong Kim

Tae Jin Mun

Ray H Baughman

Sung Min Kim

Shaoli Fang

Carter Sebastian Haines

Na Li

Shi Hyeong Kim

Changsoon Choi

Jiangtao Di

Provided is an electricity generating module. The electricity generating module comprises: a cylinder; a piston that reciprocates inside the cylinder; and a power generating fiber of which one end is fixed to the piston and the other end is fixed to the cylinder, and of which the length varies according to the reciprocating of the piston, wherein, as the length of the power generating fiber varies, a potential value of the power generating fiber varies, and electricity is generated by using the varied potential value of the power generating fiber.

Electricity generating module and electricity generating method

Yarn energy harvesters containing conducing nanomaterials (such as carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn harvesters) that electrochemically convert tensile or torsional mechanical energy into electrical energy. Stretched coiled yarns can generate 250 W/kg of peak electrical power when cycled up to 24 Hz, and can generate up to 41.2 J/kg of electrical energy per mechanical cycle. Unlike for other harvesters, torsional rotation produces both tensile and torsional energy harvesting and no bias voltage is required, even when electrochemically operating in salt water. Since homochiral and heterochiral coiled harvester yarns provide oppositely directed potential changes when stretched, both contribute to output power in a dual-electrode yarn. These energy harvesters were used in the ocean to harvest wave energy, combined with thermally-driven artificial muscles to convert temperature fluctuations to electrical energy, sewn into textiles for use as self-powered respiration sensors, and used to power a light emitting diode and to charge a storage capacitor.

Coiled and twisted nanofiber yarns for electrochemically harvesting electrical energy from mechanical deformation

Growing community of inventors

Seoul, South Korea

Keon Jung Kim