Abstract

We propose a fully liquid-based energy harvester that uses ferrofluid droplets as a movable dielectric material. The proposed device consists of top and bottom plates with conducting electrodes coated with a thin solid dielectric layer, a conducting liquid, and oil-based ferrofluid droplets as movable dielectric layers. The rotational motion of the ferrofluid droplets is actuated by a magnetic field that causes a capacitance variation that is used to generate electric power. An average output power of $19.3~\mu \text{W}$ is generated when eight ferrofluid droplets are used at a rotational speed of 180 r/min. [2014-0387]

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