Piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: from materials, structures, to applications

T Li, PS Lee - Small Structures, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The piezoelectric energy harvesting is a promising, interesting and complex technology.
Herein, the aim is to review the key groups of parameters that contribute to the performance …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting design principles for materials and structures: material figure‐of‐merit and self‐resonance tuning

HC Song, SW Kim, HS Kim, DG Lee… - Advanced …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) aim to generate sufficient power to operate targeting
device from the limited ambient energy. PEH includes mechanical‐to‐mechanical …

A multi-mode broadband vibration energy harvester composed of symmetrically distributed u-shaped cantilever beams

X Huang, C Zhang, K Dai - Micromachines, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Using the piezoelectric effect to harvest energy from surrounding vibrations is a promising
alternative solution for powering small electronic devices such as wireless sensors and …

Tunable piezoelectric vibration energy harvester with supercapacitors for WSN in an industrial environment

F Huet, V Boitier, L Seguier - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design strategy and experimental validation of a battery-free power
supply for wireless sensor nodes (WSN) on an industrial study case. The power supply is …

Wide bandwidth vibration energy harvester with embedded transverse movable mass

N Jackson, LA Rodriguez, R Adhikari - Sensors, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
One of the biggest challenges associated with vibration energy harvesters is their limited
bandwidth, which reduces their effectiveness when utilized for Internet of Things …

Tuning techniques for piezoelectric and electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters

L Costanzo, M Vitelli - Energies, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
This paper is focused on resonant vibration energy harvesters (RVEHs). In applications
involving RVEHs the maximization of the extraction of power is of fundamental importance …

A broadband piezoelectric energy harvester for IoT based applications

P Asthana, G Khanna - Microelectronics Journal, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Advancement in fabrication technology and increasing levels of integration have enhanced
the features of microelectronic systems. Growth of small structures or microsystems has …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical energy harvesting: From piezoelectric effect to ferroelectric/ferroelastic switching

W Kang, G Ji, JE Huber - Nano Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Mechanical energy harvesters show great potential as clean and sustainable energy
sources to replace or supplement currently used chemical batteries. Conventional …

Tuning and widening the bandwidth of vibration energy harvesters using a ferrofluid embedded mass

N Jackson - Microsystem Technologies, 2020‏ - Springer
Widening the bandwidth and tunability are two of the major challenges associated with
vibrational energy harvesting devices. This paper demonstrates a novel method involving …

Passively Tuning the Resonant Frequency of Kinetic Energy Harvesters Using Distributed Loaded Proof Mass

R Adhikari, N Jackson - Applied Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Featured Application The investigated device could be used to tune the resonant frequency
of a cantilever to harvest energy from vibrations to power wireless sensor networks for the …