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  • Energy Harvesting
  • Micro-robotics

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  • Mini-generators are crucial for powering microelectronic devices, requiring low power (µW to mW).
  • Current functionally integrated systems for mini-generators rely on artificial energy inputs, limiting their widespread application.
  • Harvesting ambient environmental energy is essential for sustainable mini-generator development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a light-responsive smart device mini-generator.
  • To directly harvest environmental light energy for self-propulsion and electricity generation.
  • To demonstrate a sustainable and facile power supply for microelectronics.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a light-responsive functionally cooperating smart device.
  • Utilizing diving-surfacing motions for mechanical energy generation.
  • Applying Faraday's law for electricity conversion from mechanical energy.

Main Results:

  • The mini-generator directly harvests light energy, producing electricity through mechanical motion.
  • Achieved a maximum voltage of 1.72 V and an energy conversion efficiency of 2.44 × 10-3 %.
  • Demonstrated a device lifetime of at least 30,000 seconds, powering LEDs.

Conclusions:

  • The developed smart device successfully converts light energy into electricity via self-propulsion.
  • This approach offers an economic and facile power supply for microelectronics using environmental energy.
  • The study promotes functionally cooperating systems as a sustainable alternative to batteries for microelectronic devices.