Flexible wireless energy transfer systems by carbon fiber as a dielectric material: Study and experiments

Abstract

This paper presents the use of commercially available carbon fiber as a part of the transmitter and the receiver antenna for wireless energy transfer. The configuration of the antenna presented in this paper shows an optimum performance of -2.129 dB at 9.7 MHz operating frequency; distance between transmitter and receiver being 3 millimeters. Carbon fiber forms the bulk of the commercial vehicles, which can be put to effective use as a dielectric material for the flexible sheet like waveguides. Other applications could simply be smart windows, where power could be wirelessly transmitted from a solar cell and smart suits.