Microfluidics-based Fabrication of Flexible Ionic Hydrogel Batteries Inspired by Electric …
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Electric Eel Biomimetics for Energy Storage and Conversion
Central to this review is the recent progress of electric-eel-inspired innovations and applications for energy storage and conversion, particularly including novel power sources, triboelectric nanogenerators, and nanochannel ion-selective membranes …
Microfluidics-based fabrication of flexible ionic hydrogel batteries inspired by electric …
To mimic the power generation mechanism of native electrocytes (Fig. 1 a), the basic cell unit of the ionic hydrogel battery was designed to have two layers with the upper one containing cation-selective and anion-selective hydrogel particles (henceforth ''CAH'') and the bottom one containing high-salinity and low-salinity hydrogel particles …
An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels
An electric-eel-inspired power concept that uses gradients of ions between miniature polyacrylamide hydrogel compartments bounded by a repeating sequence of cation- and anion-selectivehydrogel membranes suggests that artificial electric organs could be used to power next-generation implant materials such as pacemakers, …
High-voltage nanofluidic energy generator based on ion …
The bioelectrical behavior of electric eels is surveyed, followed by the physiological structure to reveal the discharge characteristics and principles of electric organs and electrocytes, and central to this review is the recent progress of electric‐eel‐inspired innovations and applications for energy storage and conversion. Expand
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Technology: From Materials, …
An eel-type energy harvester was developed which converts mechanical energy in ocean or river water flows into electricity. The device consists of a bluff body and a long strip of piezoelectric polymers. ... There is a power management circuit, providing functions, such as AC–DC conversion, energy storage, output control, impedance …
Electrochemical Capacitors with High Output Voltages that Mimic ...
A new family of energy-storage devices is created by mimicking the electric eel to obtain a high output voltage. These novel energy-storage devices are flexible, stretchable, and weavable fibers, which satisfies the needs of next-generation portable and wearable electronics.
Electric Eel Biomimetics for Energy Storage and Conversion.
Electric Eel Biomimetics for Energy Storage and Conversion. Xiangting Xiao, Yu Mei, Wentao Deng, Guoqiang Zou, Hongshuai Hou, Xiaobo Ji. Small Methods 2023 Februrary 26. The electric eel is known as the most powerful creature to generate electricity with a discharge voltage up to 860 V and peak current up to 1 A. These surprising properties are ...
A review of energy storage types, applications and
The primary energy-storage devices used in electric ground vehicles are batteries. Electrochemical capacitors, which have higher power densities than batteries, are options for use in electric and fuel cell vehicles. In these applications, the electrochemical capacitor serves as a short-term energy storage with high power capability and can ...
An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels
Nature - The electric eel can generate electrical discharges of 100 watts to stun prey, but should you X-ray an eel, you wouldn''t find a battery pack inside. Instead, …
Molecules | Free Full-Text | Miniaturized Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting Devices …
Salinity gradient energy (SGE), which is also known as "blue energy" or "osmotic energy", is a type of renewable energy that is produced when two aqueous solutions with different salinities mix with each other and thereby, create an osmotic pressure that can be converted to mechanical or electrical energy [ 5 ].
Electrochemical Capacitors with High Output Voltages that Mimic Electric Eels
A new family of energy-storage devices is created by mimicking the electric eel to obtain a high output voltage. These novel energy-storage devices are flexible, stretchable, and weavable fibers, which satisfies the needs of next-generation portable and wearable electronics. The devices are fabricated via a continuous …
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The effect of current collectors on polymer-based energy …
A solid-state power storage system, drawing inspiration from electric eels, which convert ionic gradients into electricity, was built. They engineered electric organ models utilizing …
Anatomy of the electric eel and structure of the natural …
Bio-integrated devices need power sources to operate1,2. Despite widely used technologies that can provide power to large-scale targets, such as wired energy supplies from batteries or wireless ...
EEL Energy secures funding for large-scale testing of tidal energy device
Last year, EEL Energy unveiled a tidal energy device, based on biomimicry of eels. It uses a membrane that optimises energy transfer through the combination of fluid flow with an undulating structure. The membrane undulates under moving fluid pressure and an electromechanical system then transforms the periodic …
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Soft and flexible solid‐state energy storage system inspired by ...
Download scientific diagram | Soft and flexible solid‐state energy storage system inspired by electric eels. a) Voltage generation mechanism in living electric eels. Electric eels generate ...
Soft and flexible solid‐state energy storage system inspired by ...
b) Schematic illustration of the electric eel‐inspired solid‐state power storage system, featuring artificial electrocytes composed of zwitterionic gels with low and high ion concentrations (L ...
Transient, Biodegradable Energy Systems as a Promising Power …
Miniaturized energy storage devices with cost-effectiveness, green processability, and scalable manufacturing capability are crucial for reducing burdens on environmental issues. ... Figure 5c illustrates the structure and mechanism of the eel''s electric organ and the implementation of an artificial electric organ prototype from …
Electric Eels Inspire a New Type of Battery | Smithsonian
Now, researchers are taking inspiration from these eels (not technically eels, as a matter of fact, but a type of fish) to develop new power sources that could one day power electrical devices in ...
An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels
The ability to generate external electrical discharges from excitable cells has evolved independently at least six times in natural history 1,7 particular, the electric eel Electrophorus ...
Electric-fish-inspired actuator with integrated energy-storage function
Inspired by electric fishes, an actuator with energy-storage function is proposed. Actuator shows a large bending actuation when driven by an ultralow driving voltage. Supercapacitor unit shows great electrochemical performances. Multi-functional actuators can be used as artificial muscles and power supply units.
Schematic of the in-series electrocyte arrangement in an electric eel ...
We developed a polymer‐based device inspired by electric eels and modified it to extend the maximum power generation limits by adding nickel‐nickel and aluminum‐copper current collector (CC ...
Ion Transport in Nanofluidic Devices for Energy Harvesting
for energy conversion and storage devices, which are useful to drive local chemical reactions or electric current generation. ... An electric-eel-inspired soft power source from stacked hydrogels Nature, 552 (2017), pp. 214-218 CrossRef View in 91, ...
Microfluidics-based fabrication of flexible ionic hydrogel batteries …
Electric eels in nature can generate high voltage with hundreds of volts based on the mechanism of gradient-induced ion flux, which provides an excellent …
