Authors

Qing Lu
Lukai Guo

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

December 2024

Patent Number

12173454

CPC

H02N 2/183 , E01C 1/002

Abstract

An energy harvesting roadway that includes a plurality of road segments and a power storage device electrically coupled to the plurality of road segments. Each of the plurality of road segments can include a surface asphalt layer, a first conductive asphalt layer located under the surface asphalt layer, a piezoelectric-based asphalt layer located between the first conductive layer and a second conductive layer located above a base asphalt layer. The piezoelectric-based asphalt layer can include a plurality of rigid piezoelectric elements and an insulating filler.

Application Number

18/479539

Assignees

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Filing Date

10/02/2023

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