Renewable Energy Conversion Technology

humidity to electricity

humidity to electricity
humidity to electricity

Projects‘ vision

CATCHER‘s vision is based on the collective dream of humanity to get “ENERGY from AIR”.

The pioneer of the experiments on capturing electricity from the atmosphere was Nikola Tesla (1932). Tesla's intent was to condense the energy trapped between the earth and its upper atmosphere and transform it into an electric current.

Although recently some work has appeared on the conversion adsorption energy of moisture to electricity, there is not much R&I available on the conversion of the atmospheric humidity into electricity, considering it as a new source of renewable energy.

The CATCHER‘s highly innovative “atmospheric humidity to electricity” technological solution is the direct conversion of the humidity adsorption energy to electrical energy thanks to the functional heterojunction effect. That is a chain of physicochemical, physical, and electrophysical processes formed between advanced nanomaterial particles-adsorbate surface and adsorbed water molecules from the air.

The deployment of that technology means fulfilling humanity’s dream of realizing Tesla’s idea to “capture electricity from air” and creating an eco-friendlier, fairer society.

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CATCHER OBJECTIVES
CATCHER OBJECTIVES

the “deep-tech” research on direct conversion of the adsorption energy of the atmospheric humidity into electrical energy to provide the foundations of the future technology

the original conversion devices far beyond the relevant current state of the art by development and optimization of a novel water adsorption design

the conversion efficiency of the system up to 47% via enhancement of charge carriers drain through the creation of an in-built electric field

the charge carrier’s generation by improvement of the converter adsorption capacity with the
addition of adsorption membrane and material modification

The second generation of the “humidity to electricity“ converter prototype, 10 times more efficient in terms of power output, scaled to 1 m2 × 3 mm single panel producing c. 15-20W/m2

the technological feasibility of the elaborated device during its working cycles

the sustainable environmental, social, and economic feasibility of the developed technology, its suitability for further transfer, and scaling up to innovations contributing to 2050 EU targets

catcher explained

CATCHER project is aimed at the development of innovative technology to exploit atmospheric humidity for direct conversion to electricity. It is creating an efficient use of the new sustainable source for renewable energy and thus strengthens the EU leadership on renewables.

The successful realization of the project is assured by knowledge sharing within material science, physics, nanoelectronics, green chemistry, nanoengineering, sustainability, and research marketing, via international and intersectoral collaboration of highly qualified researchers and businesses from Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Spain, and Ukraine.

The project is targeted at the advancement, optimization, and scalability of a previously developed technology that converts atmospheric humidity into electrical current which will be ready for scaling up and further integration with existed EU electrical system for general energy use.

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