Acoustic-elastic metamaterials and phononic crystals for energy harvesting: A review

G Hu, L Tang, J Liang, C Lan… - Smart Materials and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Metamaterials and phononic crystals (PCs) with artificially designed periodic microstructures
have attracted increasing research interests due to their unique properties that cannot be …

An inertial rotary energy harvester for vibrations at ultra-low frequency with high energy conversion efficiency

A Luo, Y Zhang, X Dai, Y Wang, W Xu, Y Lu, M Wang… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we have designed, characterized, and optimized an inertial-based rotational
vibration energy harvester device which can effectively harvest energy from vibrations at …

Enhancement of low-speed piezoelectric wind energy harvesting by bluff body shapes: Spindle-like and butterfly-like cross-sections

J Wang, C Zhang, S Gu, K Yang, H Li, Y Lai… - Aerospace Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluid-structure interaction can be utilized to harvest the low-speed wind energy for
sustaining the low-power sensors for structural health monitoring. To enhance the low …

Harvest wind energy from a vibro-impact DEG embedded into a bluff body

ZH Lai, JL Wang, CL Zhang, GQ Zhang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel wind energy harvester is proposed and studied in this paper. The system contains a
vibro-impact (VI) dielectric elastomer generator (DEG) that can convert vibrational energy …

A goblet-like non-linear electromagnetic generator for planar multi-directional vibration energy harvesting

Y Gu, W Liu, C Zhao, P Wang - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel electromagnetic energy harvester for in-plane multi-directional vibrations is
developed by letting a magnetic ball move on a two-dimensional surface which is generated …

Dynamics of the double-beam piezo–magneto–elastic nonlinear wind energy harvester exhibiting gallo**-based vibration

J Wang, L Geng, K Yang, L Zhao, F Wang… - Nonlinear …, 2020 - Springer
This paper investigates a dynamic model and behavior of a novel double-beam piezo–
magneto–elastic nonlinear wind energy harvester (DBPME-WEH). The DBPME-WEH is a …

Equivalent circuit representation of a vortex‐induced vibration‐based energy harvester using a semi‐empirical lumped parameter approach

J Wang, L Tang, L Zhao, G Hu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐scale wind energy harvesting from vortex‐induced vibrations (VIV) has been
introduced in recent years as a renewable power source for microelectronics and wireless …

Achieve frequency-self-tracking energy harvesting using a passively adaptive cantilever beam

C Lan, Z Chen, G Hu, Y Liao, W Qin - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequency of the vibration in the ambient environment varies frequently, which imposes
a great challenge for robust energy harvesting. To maintain the high performance of …

Energy harvesting from a novel contact-type dielectric elastomer generator

CL Zhang, ZH Lai, XX Rao, JW Zhang… - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel contact-type (CT) dielectric elastomer generator (DEG), which can harvest energy
from two dielectric elastomer membranes (DEMs) under a regular contact-type displacement …

[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 …