Development of vibration-driven electrochemical reactor based on vibration energy harvester system

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13808
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Inorganic industrial materials
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Science
• Principal Investigator: YUMI TANAKA 東京理科大学, 工学部工業化学科, 准教授 (00436619)
• Research Collaborator: ITOGA Chiaki ; HAKAMATA Kento ; HASEGAWA Shuta ; Matsukawa Kazushi ; YOSHIDA Natsuya
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: セラミックス / エレクトレット / 振動発電 / アパタイト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was designed to develop a new concept for vibration-driven electrochemical reactor based on a vibration energy harvester system. In the “vibration harvester unit” using an oxyhydroxyapatite (OHA) electret with the surface potential of ±4.0 kV, static induction successfully occurred in the opposite electrode; the amount of the induced charge was 50～90％ of the theoretical value. The prototype of the “reactor unit”, which enables the redox reaction based on the internal discharge of the induced charge, is under construction.

Free Research Field

固体化学