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S&M1953 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2019.2309 Published in advance: May 21, 2019 Published: August 19, 2019 Fabrication of Solidified Ionic Liquid with 3D Microstructures and Its Application to Vibration Energy Harvester [PDF] Taiki Iida, Takuya Tsukamoto, Kazumoto Miwa, Shimpei Ono, and Takaaki Suzuki (Received January 23, 2019; Accepted April 9, 2019) Keywords: vibration energy harvester, photolithography, 3D microfabrication, ionic liquid, solidified ionic gel, micro-electromechanical systems
In this study, we propose a solidified ionic liquid with a 3D microstructure to increase its surface area for the performance enhancement of a vibration energy harvester (VEH). By soft lithography in MEMS technologies, the use of a mold is proposed to perform the solidification, polarization, and microstructure transfer of the solidified ionic liquid simultaneously. We fabricated six samples with different surface shapes and sizes to compare the power generation performance characteristics of VEHs using a solidified ionic liquid. According to a vibration test, the performance of the VEH with nanometer roughness was improved at a 10 Hz frequency. Also, the output power of the VEH with a micro-folded hollow conical structure was improved at a 50 Hz frequency.
Corresponding author: Takaaki SuzukiThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Taiki Iida, Takuya Tsukamoto, Kazumoto Miwa, Shimpei Ono, and Takaaki Suzuki, Fabrication of Solidified Ionic Liquid with 3D Microstructures and Its Application to Vibration Energy Harvester, Sens. Mater., Vol. 31, No. 8, 2019, p. 2527-2539. |