The energy harvesting (EH) from unused natural waste energy sources is common
nowadays because of rising power demand. The sources have the potential of producing …

This review article is focused on the analysis of the state of the art of sensors for guided
ultrasonic waves for the detection and localization of impacts for structural health monitoring …

Vibration harvesters typically are linear mass-spring devices working at resonance. A
different approach is here proposed based on nonlinear converters that exploit stochastic …

Future deployment of wireless sensor networks will ultimately require a self-sustainable
local power source for each sensor, and vibration energy harvesting is a promising …

This article proposes to use the idea of equivalent impedance to investigate the electrical
response of an array of piezoelectric oscillators endowed with distinct energy harvesting …

There has been remarkable interest in triboelectric mechanisms because of their high
efficiency, wide availability, and low-cost generation of sustainable power. Using impact …

Piezoelectric energy harvesters are at the front of scientific research as enablers of
renewable, sustainable energy for autonomous wireless sensor networks. Crucial for this …

Power harvesters from mechanical vibrations are commonly linear mechanical resonators
that are most effective when excited at resonance. Differently, under wideband vibrations …

This paper investigates the electrical response of a series connection of piezoelectric energy
harvesters (PEHs) attached to various interface electronics, including standard and parallel …

A multiharvesting system conception focused on low-voltage (up to 2.5 V) and low-power
applications is presented and validated as a point-of-view system. Using just this application …