Doing more with ambient light: Harvesting indoor energy and data using emerging solar cells

On one side, the capacity of the world's photovoltaic (PV) systems is experiencing
unprecedented growth; on the other side, the number of connected devices is rapidly …

Indoor Photovoltaics for the Internet-of-Things–A Comparison of State-of-the-Art Devices from Different Photovoltaic Technologies

D Müller, E Jiang, P Rivas-Lazaro… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Photovoltaics (PV) is an attractive candidate for powering the rapidly growing market of
smart devices in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) such as sensors, actuators, and wearables …

Multi-physics based energy yield modelling of a hybrid concentrated solar power/photovoltaic system with spectral beam splitting

T Fontanot, R Kishore, S Van den Kerkhof… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Hybrid concentrated solar power/photovoltaic systems (CSP/PV) combine the advantages of
the two separate systems while reducing their drawbacks. The design of such a hybrid …

Indoor energy harvesting with perovskite solar cells for IoT applications─ A full year monitoring study

M Pirc, Z Ajdič, D Uršič, M Jošt… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Indoor photovoltaics (IPV) hold enormous market potential driven by the rising demand for
perpetual energy sources to power various small electrical devices and especially Internet of …

A rotational vibration energy harvester for near-zero-energy applications in railway environment

L Lu, D Li, M Tang, LJ Kong, Z Zhang, X Wu… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The vibration in the railway environment contains a huge amount of available mechanical
energy, which can be utilized as a practical power source for low-power independent …

[HTML][HTML] Energy harvesting techniques for wireless sensor networks: A systematic literature review

BYL Ávila, CAG Vázquez, OP Baluja, DT Cotfas… - Energy Strategy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting has emerged as a promising avenue for addressing the constraints
imposed by battery lifespan in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), paving the way for more …

The smart meter challenge: Feasibility of autonomous indoor iot devices depending on its energy harvesting source and iot wireless technology

E Saavedra, L Mascaraque, G Calderon, G Del Campo… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Most smart meters are connected and powered by the electric mains, requiring the service
interruption and qualified personnel for their installation. Wireless technologies and energy …

Low-cost sensors for indoor pv energy harvesting estimation based on machine learning

B Politi, A Foucaran, N Camara - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the number of communicating sensors linked to the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem
increasing dramatically, well-designed indoor light energy harvesting solutions are needed …

Energy-aware multi-robot task scheduling using meta-heuristic optimization methods for ambiently-powered robot swarms

M Mokhtari, PHA Mohamadi, M Aernouts… - Robotics and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel approach to address the challenges of energy-aware task
scheduling in a collaborative swarm of robots equipped with energy-harvesting capabilities …

Enabling Perovskite Solar Cell Omnidirectional Light Utilizing Via Trap** Technology

W Wang, G Yu, S Attique - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Promising optoelectronic properties of perovskites make it a research hotspot for the
scientific community. Previously many groups are working on optical optimization, interface …