APPARATUS FOR ENERGY HARVESTING USING CHANGE OF CONTACT AREA WITH LIQUID

摘要

The present invention relates to an energy conversion device using a change of the contact surface with liquid and more specifically, to a device and a method of converting mechanical energy to electrical energy by applying the opposite phenomenon of electrowetting phenomenon. Provided is the energy conversion device which changes the contact surface with liquid between a pair of electrodes and applies the change of the contact surface therewith to generate electrical energy so that the present invention simplifies the device, reduces manufacturing costs and has less failure because the device does not require patterned electrodes on a clogging phenomenon, a lubricating layer or complex channels.