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- Keshmiri, Vahid, et al.
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A Current Supply with Single Organic Thin-Film Transistor for Charging Supercapacitors
- 2016
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In: THIN FILM TRANSISTORS 13 (TFT 13). - : ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC. - 9781607687276 ; , s. 217-222
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We present a current supply, comprising a single organic thin-film transistor (OTFT), for the charging of supercapacitors. The current supply takes power from the electric grid (115 V AC, US standard), converts the AC voltage to a quasi-constant DC current (similar to 0.1 mA) regardless of the impedance of the load, and charges the supercapacitor. Solution-processed OTFTs based on the popular polymeric semiconductor poly(3-hexylthiophene- 2,5-diyl) have been developed to rectify the 115 V AC voltage. A diodeconfigured OTFT was used as a half-wave rectifier. The single OTFT current supply was demonstrated to charge a 220 mF supercapacitor to 1 V directly using 115 V AC voltage as the input. This work paves the road towards all-printable supercapacitor energy-storage systems with integrated chargers, which enable direct charging from a power outlet.
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