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Characterization and Model of Piezoelectrochemical Energy Harvesting Using Lithium ion Batteries

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Although lithium ion battery research often focuses on electrochemical properties, lithium ion intercalation materials are also mechanically active. Essentially, these materials exhibit a mechanical-electrochemical coupling such that when a stress is applied, the voltage of the battery increases. In this work, we develop a model to study and predict the effectiveness of intercalation materials as mechanical energy harvesters. Specifically, we show that a lithium ion battery harvester can be modelled as a simple circuit and that we can make both qualitative and quantitative predictions about the effectiveness of a battery material given its intrinsic mechanical and electrochemical properties. The measured efficiency of our system, calculated from the energy output and total work input, is 0.012 ± 0.004%, and our model predicts that the maximum theoretical efficiency of the system is 2.9 ± 0.5%. In the future, this model will help us develop and study other intercalation materials that will bring the measured efficiency closer to our proposed theoretical maximum.

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The authors thank Sydney Hall for assistance with data collection. Funding provided through Princeton University and the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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  1. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    Z. J. Schiffer & C. B. Arnold

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Z. J. Schiffer

  3. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

    C. B. Arnold

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Schiffer, Z.J., Arnold, C.B. Characterization and Model of Piezoelectrochemical Energy Harvesting Using Lithium ion Batteries. Exp Mech 58, 605–611 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-017-0291-1

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