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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soon Hyung Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Young Hoon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Min Suk Oh, Seoul, KR;
Ji Wan Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Byung Wook Yoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Youn Sang Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jun Woo Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an energy conversion device using a change of a contact surface with liquid and, more specifically, to a method and a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by applying an opposite phenomenon to an electrowetting phenomenon. The energy conversion device having a simplified structure and reduced manufacturing costs with minimal malfunctions by changing a contact surface with liquid between a pair of electrodes and using the change of the contact surface with the liquid to generate electrical energy such that channel blocking can be prevented or a lubricating layer or electrodes complicatedly patterned on a channel are not required.