TY - JOUR
T1 - Photovoltaic (PV) and Thermo-electric energy harvesters for charging applications
AU - Saha, Chitta
AU - Huda, M. Nazmul
AU - Mumtaz, Asim
AU - Debnath, Anjan
AU - Thomas, Sanju
AU - Jinks, Robert
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Significant technical progress is currently ongoing in the field of energy harvesting technologies. This paper presents a study of both photovoltaic (PV) and thermo-electric energy harvesting techniques in the context of mobile phone applications. The paper includes performance analysis of a macro scale PV module and a thermo-electric generator (investigated under different conditions), together with a single diode electrical equivalent circuit model of the solar PV developed using MATLAB/Simulink. Additionally experimental results of the PV module are verified via simulation. To complete the study a PV module is integrated with a DC/DC adjustable converter and solar charge controller (3A CMTP02) to charge a smart mobile phone in order to assimilate charging capacity and feasibility of macro scale energy harvesting devices.
AB - Significant technical progress is currently ongoing in the field of energy harvesting technologies. This paper presents a study of both photovoltaic (PV) and thermo-electric energy harvesting techniques in the context of mobile phone applications. The paper includes performance analysis of a macro scale PV module and a thermo-electric generator (investigated under different conditions), together with a single diode electrical equivalent circuit model of the solar PV developed using MATLAB/Simulink. Additionally experimental results of the PV module are verified via simulation. To complete the study a PV module is integrated with a DC/DC adjustable converter and solar charge controller (3A CMTP02) to charge a smart mobile phone in order to assimilate charging capacity and feasibility of macro scale energy harvesting devices.
UR - https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/photovoltaic-pv-and-thermoelectric-energy-harvesters-for-charging-applications(e64c927a-3182-46cf-8629-9b3b8ba25ae5).html
U2 - 10.1016/j.mejo.2019.104685
DO - 10.1016/j.mejo.2019.104685
M3 - Article
SN - 0026-2692
JO - Microelectronics Journal
JF - Microelectronics Journal
ER -