Emerging technologies to power next generation
mobile electronic devices using solar energy

doi:10.1007/s11708-009-0015-z

Front. Energy

2009, Vol. 3

Issue (3) : 262-288 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-009-0015-z

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Emerging technologies to power next generation mobile electronic devices using solar energy

Dewei JIA ¹, Yubo DUAN ², Jing LIU ³,

1.Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 3.Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China；Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

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Abstract Mobile electronic devices such as MP3, mobile phones, and wearable or implanted medical devices have already or will soon become a necessity in peoples’ lives. However, the further development of these devices is restricted not only by the inconvenient charging process of the power module, but also by the soaring prices of fossil fuel and its downstream chain of electricity manipulation. In view of the huge amount of solar energy fueling the world biochemically and thermally, a carry-on electricity harvester embedded in portable devices is emerging as a most noteworthy research area and engineering practice for a cost efficient solution. Such a parasitic problem is intrinsic in the next generation portable devices. This paper is dedicated to presenting an overview of the photovoltaic strategy in the chain as a reference for researchers and practitioners committed to solving the problem.

Keywords photovoltaic conversion energy harvesting solar cell maximum power point track algorithm PV electricity storage mobile/standalone PV application

Issue Date: 05 September 2009

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Dewei JIA,Yubo DUAN,Jing LIU. Emerging technologies to power next generation mobile electronic devices using solar energy [J]. Front. Energy, 2009, 3(3): 262-288.

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