Energy harvesting towards self-powered IoT devices

H Elahi, K Munir, M Eugeni, S Atek, P Gaudenzi - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The internet of things (IoT) manages a large infrastructure of web-enabled smart devices,
small devices that use embedded systems, such as processors, sensors, and …

Design architectures for energy harvesting in the Internet of Things

S Zeadally, FK Shaikh, A Talpur, QZ Sheng - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
An increasing number of objects (things) are being connected to the Internet as they become
more advanced, compact, and affordable. These Internet-connected objects are paving the …

Energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks: A comprehensive review

FK Shaikh, S Zeadally - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have attracted lot of attention due to
their pervasive nature and their wide deployment in Internet of Things, Cyber Physical …

Harvesting ambient wind energy with an inverted piezoelectric flag

S Orrego, K Shoele, A Ruas, K Doran, B Caggiano… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The paper describes an experimental study of wind energy harvesting by self-sustained
oscillations (flutter) of a flexible piezoelectric membrane fixed in a novel orientation called …

Water quality monitoring using wireless sensor networks: Current trends and future research directions

KS Adu-Manu, C Tapparello, W Heinzelman… - ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Water is essential for human survival. Although approximately 71% of the world is covered in
water, only 2.5% of this is fresh water; hence, fresh water is a valuable resource that must be …

Nanotechnology‐enabled energy harvesting for self‐powered micro‐/nanosystems

ZL Wang, W Wu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Health, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring as well as networking and defense
technologies are only some of the potential areas of application of micro‐/nanosystems …

Prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks: a review of current techniques

F Engmann, FA Katsriku, JD Abdulai… - Wireless …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There has been an increase in research interest in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) as a
result of the potential for their widespread use in many different areas like home automation …

Towards a green and self-powered Internet of Things using piezoelectric energy harvesting

M Shirvanimoghaddam, K Shirvanimoghaddam… - Ieee …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a revolutionizing technology which aims to create an
ecosystem of connected objects and embedded devices and provide ubiquitous connectivity …

Bistable vibration energy harvesters: a review

SP Pellegrini, N Tolou, M Schenk… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Powering electronics without depending on batteries is an open research field. Mechanical
vibrations prove to be a reliable energy source, but low-frequency broadband vibrations …

Improved energy harvesting from wideband vibrations by nonlinear piezoelectric converters

M Ferrari, V Ferrari, M Guizzetti, B Ando… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2010 - Elsevier
Vibration harvesters typically are linear mass-spring devices working at resonance. A
different approach is here proposed based on nonlinear converters that exploit stochastic …