A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018)

M Safaei, HA Sodano, SR Anton - Smart materials and structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

A comprehensive review on piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: Materials, mechanisms, and applications

H Liu, J Zhong, C Lee, SW Lee, L Lin - Applied physics reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The last decade has witnessed significant advances in energy harvesting technologies as a
possible alternative to provide a continuous power supply for small, low-power devices in …

Recent advances in mechanical vibration energy harvesters based on triboelectric nanogenerators

T Du, F Dong, Z ** for elastic energy harvesting in graded Su-Schrieffer-Heeger systems
GJ Chaplain, JM De Ponti, G Aguzzi, A Colombi… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We amalgamate two fundamental designs from distinct areas of wave control in physics, and
place them in the setting of elasticity. Graded elastic metasurfaces, so-called metawedges …

Strategies for increasing the operating frequency range of vibration energy harvesters: a review

D Zhu, MJ Tudor, SP Beeby - Measurement Science and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This review presents possible strategies to increase the operational frequency range of
vibration-based micro-generators. Most vibration-based micro-generators are spring-mass …

Non-linear piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting from a vertical cantilever beam with tip mass

MI Friswell, SF Ali, O Bilgen, S Adhikari… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
A common energy harvesting device uses a piezoelectric patch on a cantilever beam with a
tip mass. The usual configuration exploits the linear resonance of the system; this works well …

Scavenging energy from ultra-low frequency mechanical excitations through a bi-directional hybrid energy harvester

K Fan, S Liu, H Liu, Y Zhu, W Wang, D Zhang - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A bi-directional hybrid energy harvester (HEH) is presented in this paper to scavenge
energy from ultra-low frequency mechanical excitations. The proposed HEH consists of two …