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 …

Wireless Battery-free and Fully Implantable Organ Interfaces

A Bhatia, J Hanna, T Stuart, KA Kasper… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Advances in soft materials, miniaturized electronics, sensors, stimulators, radios, and battery-
free power supplies are resulting in a new generation of fully implantable organ interfaces …

A motion capturing and energy harvesting hybridized lower‐limb system for rehabilitation and sports applications

S Gao, T He, Z Zhang, H Ao, H Jiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lower‐limb motion monitoring is highly desired in various application scenarios ranging
from rehabilitation to sports training. However, there still lacks a cost‐effective, energy …

Overview of human kinetic energy harvesting and application

L Wang, Z Fei, Y Qi, C Zhang, L Zhao… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the Internet of Things era, wearable electronics and sensors have become essential for
health monitoring and human computer interaction. However, a continuous power supply is …

Ultrasound‐powered implants: a critical review of piezoelectric material selection and applications

BL Turner, S Senevirathne, K Kilgour… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound‐powered implants (UPIs) represent cutting edge power sources for implantable
medical devices (IMDs), as their powering strategy allows for extended functional lifetime …

Knee energy harvester with variable transmission to reduce the effect on the walking gait

HHT Chan, F Gao, BLH Chung… - Smart Materials and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Harvesting energy from human motions is a promising solution to the power issue for
wearable electronics. Recently, various energy harvesters were developed to capture the …

Electromechanical coupling of a 3.88 W harvester with circumferential step-size field: modeling, validation and self-powered wearable applications

Y Peng, W Xu, Y Gong, X Peng… - Smart Materials and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The fast advances in wearable electronic devices require clean and wearable power
sources. This study presents a wearable electromagnetic energy harvester (EMEH) with …

A piezoelectric energy harvesting concept for an energy-autonomous instrumented total hip replacement

HE Lange, D Hohlfeld, R Bader… - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
To improve the clinical outcome of total hip replacements (THRs), instrumented implants
with sensory functions for implant monitoring and diagnostics or actuators for therapeutic …

Finite element modeling and analysis of low symmetry piezoelectric shells for design of shear sensors

YS Joshan, S Santapuri, A Srinivasa - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents the development of a novel non-polynomial electromechanical shell
theory for analysis of composite piezoelectric shell structures. The 2D shell theory is utilized …

Design of novel piezoelectric energy harvester utilizing the force generated from human walking

P Sirigireddy, PB Eladi - Smart Materials and Structures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel piezoelectric energy harvester (z-PEH) to harness a significant amount of waste
energy from human walking is proposed in the present work. The unique feature of the z …