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Power density
About: Power density is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9534 publications have been published within this topic receiving 197264 citations. The topic is also known as: volumic power & volume power density.
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TL;DR: In this paper, different approaches of electrodes striving to advance the energy and power density of ECs are reviewed, and the authors propose to move from carbon-based electric double-layer capacitors to pseudocapacitors, which manifest much higher capacitance.
Abstract: Among various energy-storage devices, electrochemical capacitors (ECs) are prominent power provision but show relatively low energy density. One way to increase the energy density of ECs is to move from carbon-based electric double-layer capacitors to pseudocapacitors, which manifest much higher capacitance. However, compared with carbon materials, the pseudocapacitive electrodes suffer from high resistance for electron and/or ion transfer, significantly restricting their capacity, rate capability and cyclability. Rational design of electrode materials offers opportunities to optimize their electrochemical performance, leading to devices with high energy density while maintaining high power density. This paper reviews the different approaches of electrodes striving to advance the energy and power density of ECs.
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TL;DR: An efficient autonomous power conditioning circuit, with the function of impedance matching, energy storage and voltage regulation, is presented, finding that the efficiency of the energy storage is greatly improved and up to 64.95%.
Abstract: This paper presents a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) piezoelectric power generator array for vibration energy harvesting. A complete design flow of the vibration-based energy harvester using the finite element method (FEM) is proposed. The modal analysis is selected to calculate the resonant frequency of the harvester, and harmonic analysis is performed to investigate the influence of the geometric parameters on the output voltage. Based on simulation results, a MEMS Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT) cantilever array with an integrated large Si proof mass is designed and fabricated to improve output voltage and power. Test results show that the fabricated generator, with five cantilever beams (with unit dimensions of about 3 × 2.4 × 0.05 mm3) and an individual integrated Si mass dimension of about 8 × 12.4 × 0.5 mm3, produces a output power of 66.75 μW, or a power density of 5.19 μW∙mm-3∙g-2 with an optimal resistive load of 220 kΩ from 5 m/s2 vibration acceleration at its resonant frequency of 234.5 Hz. In view of high internal impedance characteristic of the PZT generator, an efficient autonomous power conditioning circuit, with the function of impedance matching, energy storage and voltage regulation, is then presented, finding that the efficiency of the energy storage is greatly improved and up to 64.95%. The proposed self-supplied energy generator with power conditioning circuit could provide a very promising complete power supply solution for wireless sensor node loads.
188 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a thin film composite (TFC-PRO) membrane was designed for osmotic power generation using pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process, which not only exhibits an excellent water permeability, but also overcome the bottlenecks of low power density.
187 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed 3D micro-structure resolved model is used to investigate limiting factors for battery performance, which is parametrized with data from the literature and dedicated experiments and shows good qualitative agreement with experimental discharge curves of thick NMC-graphite Li-ion batteries.
186 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid energy storage system composed of a superconducting magnet and secondary battery was proposed for compensation of fluctuating loads such as railway substations and distributed generations such as wind turbines.
Abstract: An energy storage device with high energy density and high power density is desired for compensation of fluctuating loads such as railway substations and distributed generations such as wind turbines. Typically, a SMES (Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) has higher power density than other devices of the same purpose, and secondary batteries have higher energy density than SMES. In this study, the authors propose a hybrid energy storage system composed of a superconducting magnet and secondary battery for an energy storage system with high energy density and high power density. The sharing method of power for each storage device using a Fuzzy control and filters, simulation for the compensation of railway loads and the power of wind turbines are presented.
186 citations