Free access articles, new announcements, and October's events!
Free access articles, new announcements, and October's events!
The world of Energy Harvesting is off to a great start this fall. On the agenda, scientific papers on Piezo, but also a strong increase of research on fully autonomous connected objects, without batte
The world of Energy Harvesting is off to a great start this fall. On the agenda, scientific papers on Piezo, but also a strong increase of research on fully autonomous connected objects, without batteries.
We have reserved a part for you to announce our latest advances and news, including some information on our recent fundraising and our ambitions.
The world of Energy Harvesting is of interest to the world, and we want to be at the forefront of developing a more sustainable world.
We wish you a very good reading,
See you soon,
The Dracula Team
📚  GREAT READS
Bond engineering of molecular ferroelectrics renders soft and high-performance piezoelectric energy harvesting materials. Piezoelectrics are materials that exhibit no inversion symmetric crystal structure and thus enables the conversion between mechanical and electric energy. In addition to their applications as actuator, transducer and sensor1,2, they are also proposed for energy harvester and new venues in soft electronics such as soft robots, electronic skins, and biomedical devices3,4,5. However, practical application of piezoelectric energy harvester is largely limited by low energy output performance6, while soft electronics require properties of both high piezoelectricity and mechanical softness. Read more…
Stationary Energy Storage Without Batteries: Large New Market. This webinar uniquely gives an appraisal of stationary storage for electricity supply beyond batteries and pumped hydro. It shares some of the research carried out for the IDTechEx report, "Stationary Energy Storage Without Batteries: Grid, Microgrid, UPS, Trackside 2021-2041". The primary focus is grid, microgrid, uninterruptable power supplies and trackside storage from kW to GW. Learn both the existing and new needs this will address where batteries are useless or troublesome. Read more…
Large harvested energy with non-linear pyroelectric modules. Energy harvesting with pyroelectric materials requires the cycling of temperature with time, in contrast to the spatial temperature gradient needed for thermoelectric materials. This implies thermodynamic cycles, which are best described by entropy (S)–temperature (T) diagrams. Figure 1a shows the typical S–T diagram of a non-linear pyroelectric (NLP) material exhibiting a phase transition representative of the ferroelectric–paraelectric electric-field-driven phase transition in lead scandium tantalate (PST)8. Read more…
How Can We Make Wearable Electronic Textiles? Scientists from the University of the West of England and the National University of Singapore have published a new paper in the journal Advanced Science reviewing recent advances in wearable electronic textiles. Read more…
💡 LEARNING CONTENT
Dracula Technologies raises 5.5 million for their customized photovoltaic cells. After ten years of research, we are now entering the industrialization phase. To carry out this ambitious project, we have raised €5.5 million from the Banque des territoires, on behalf of the French government as part of the Territoires d’innovation program of the France 2030 plan, from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes sovereign wealth fund, and from semiconductor manufacturer Semtech. Read the full article…
A new video to introduce you to Dracula Technologies and our challenges
Our ambition is to become the world reference in terms of energy harvesting through light in our living spaces, whether at home or in our companies, thanks to a French advanced energy industry. After more than 10 years of research, development and innovation, our team works every day to push the limits of technology and production.
"We have a production capacity of around 15,000 modules per week, which allows us to deliver pre-series. Our goal is to reach 10 million modules per year by the end of next year," Brice Cruchon - CEO
📅 EVENTS WHERE YOU SHOULD GO THIS MONTH
We are sharing some nice webinars and videos.
October, 06-07 : International Conference on Energy Harvesting and Conversion : The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Learn More…
October 09-13 : The Fourteenth Annual Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition : The five-day conference will be held in Detroit, Michigan | October 9 – October 13, 2022. ECCE is the pivotal international conference and exposition event on electrical and electromechanical energy conversion field. Learn More…
October 13-14 : International Conference on Communications with Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting : International Conference on Communications with Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Communications with Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting. Learn More…
October 14-15 : 4th Edition of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Virtual : The aim of the V-RSE2022 is to promote quality research and real-world impact in an atmosphere of true international cooperation between scientists and engineers by bringing together world-class researchers, International Communities, and Industrial heads to discuss the latest developments and innovations in the fields of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. Learn More…
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Take care!
Dracula Team