Ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, enhancement techniques, and scaling laws

R Sun, S Zhou, L Cheng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy, self-powered technologies
based on environmental vibrations have attracted a lot of attention recently. Natural vibration …

Multistability phenomenon in signal processing, energy harvesting, composite structures, and metamaterials: A review

S Fang, S Zhou, D Yurchenko, T Yang… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multistability is the phenomenon of multiple coexistent stable states, which are highly
sensitive to perturbations, initial conditions, system parameters, etc. Multistability has been …

Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film

ZH Zheng, XL Shi, DW Ao, WD Liu, M Li, LZ Kou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Thermoelectric materials offer the possibility of harvesting huge amounts of waste heat, such
as vehicle exhaust gases, and converting them directly into useful electricity, a process that …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

Energy harvesting techniques for internet of things (IoT)

T Sanislav, GD Mois, S Zeadally, SC Folea - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has accelerated strong interests in the
development of low-power wireless sensors. Today, wireless sensors are integrated within …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-stable ultra-low frequency energy harvester using a nonlinear pendulum and piezoelectric transduction for self-powered sensing

H Fu, J Jiang, S Hu, J Rao, S Theodossiades - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the design, theoretical modelling and experimental validation of a quad-
stable energy harvester for harnessing ultra-low frequency random motions using a …

A low-frequency rotational electromagnetic energy harvester using a magnetic plucking mechanism

G Miao, S Fang, S Wang, S Zhou - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting from rotational motion, such as vehicle tires and rotational devices,
remains a challenge because of the difficulty of balancing the harvesting frequency range …

Biomechanical energy harvesting for wearable and mobile devices: State-of-the-art and future directions

M Liu, F Qian, J Mi, L Zuo - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

The nexus between vibration-based energy harvesting and structural vibration control: A comprehensive review

Q Cai, S Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the first state-of-the-art review on simultaneous vibration control and
energy harvesting strategy, a multi-disciplinary topic related to structural dynamics …

Scalable printing high-performance and self-healable Ag2Se/terpineol nanocomposite film for flexible thermoelectric device

M Zhang, Y Liu, J Li, C Wu, Z Wang, Y Liu, P Wei… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible thermoelectric (TE) generators (f-TEGs) are promising candidates to power
explosively growing wearable electronics by continually converting body heat into electricity …