Advanced Fabrication, Modeling, and Testing of a Microphotosynthetic Electrochemical Cell for Energy Harvesting Applications

Unconventional renewable energy sources are scarce and have not been explored thoroughly or exploited. The photosynthetic power cell (PSC) is one among them. Though there are few prototypes fabricated earlier, there has not been a comprehensive electrical equivalent model developed. This paper propo...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on power electronics 2015-03, Vol.30 (3), p.1275-1285
Main Authors: Ramanan, Arvind Vyas, Pakirisamy, Muthukumaran, Williamson, Sheldon S.
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Algae
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Cathodes
Chemistry
Density
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Direct power generation
Electric power generation
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Emulation
Energy harvesting
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Performance evaluation
Photonics
Photosynthesis
Power electronics
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Cathodes
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Devices
Direct power generation
Electric power generation
Electrodes
Electronics
Emulation
Energy harvesting
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Performance evaluation
Photonics
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