Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2018
Volume 63, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2018; Los Angeles, California
Session X20: Alternative Energy and Biofuels
8:00 AM–10:48 AM,
Friday, March 9, 2018
LACC
Room: 308B
Sponsoring
Unit:
GERA
Chair: Shudipto Dishari, Univ of Nebraska - Lincoln
Abstract ID: BAPS.2018.MAR.X20.3
Abstract: X20.00003 : Alternative Power Source with Nanotechnology
8:24 AM–8:36 AM
Presenter:
Millicent Gikunda
(Physics, Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Authors:
Millicent Gikunda
(Physics, Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Paul Thibado
(Physics, Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville)
Ripples in graphene form due to self-compression and the potential energy associated with a ripple as it under goes spontaneous buckling (change of curvature from concave to convex and vice versa) is a double well potential. Here, we discuss the relationship between the energy barrier which separates the two lowest energy configurations to the strain and height of the ripples in freestanding graphene. We then model the ripple curvature inversion dynamic, due to thermal energy using Langevin’s equation. Spontaneous mechanical buckling is the source of the energy that is to be harvested. The mechanical power of the system is calculated and we found that a 10 nm by 10 nm ripple can continuously produce 10 pW. Alternatively, a 10 micron by 10 micron sheet, which is our typical sample size, could yield 10 microwatts, which is more power than a wristwatch battery produces. Furthermore, a typical solar panel produces 100 W/m2, or 1,000 times less power for the same 10 micron by 10 micron area.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2018.MAR.X20.3
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