MEMS vibrational energy harvesters

H Toshiyoshi, S Ju, H Honma, CH Ji… - Science and technology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we look into the fundamental mechanism to retrieve the power from physical
vibrations by using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) energy harvesters. An …

Advances in mems and microfluidics‐based energy harvesting technologies

MAP Mahmud, SR Bazaz, S Dabiri… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Energy harvesting from mechanical vibrations, thermal gradients, electromagnetic
radiations, and solar radiations has experienced rapid progress in recent times not only to …

A comprehensive study of non-linear air dam** and “pull-in” effects on the electrostatic energy harvesters

X Guo, Y Zhang, K Fan, C Lee, F Wang - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new comprehensive model is presented to optimize the design of vibration
based electrostatic energy harvester working in standard atmosphere. This model considers …

Employing a MEMS plasma switch for conditioning high-voltage kinetic energy harvesters

H Zhang, F Marty, X **a, Y Zi, T Bourouina… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Triboelectric nanogenerators have attracted wide attention due to their promising
capabilities of scavenging the ambient environmental mechanical energy. However, efficient …

Understanding spontaneous orientation polarization of amorphous organic semiconducting films and its application to devices

Y Noguchi, Y Tanaka, H Ishii, W Brütting - Synthetic Metals, 2022 - Elsevier
Spontaneous orientation polarization (SOP) of amorphous organic semiconducting films has
attracted much attention because of its frequent observation in common organic light …

A miniaturized mechanical antenna based on FEP/THV unipolar electrets for extremely low frequency transmission

Y Cui, M Wu, Z Li, X Song, C Wang, H Yuan… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
An electret-based mechanical antenna (EBMA), which can transmit extremely low frequency
(ELF) electromagnetic signals, has the advantages of miniaturization and high transmitting …

Self-assembled electret for vibration-based power generator

Y Tanaka, N Matsuura, H Ishii - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The vibration-based electret generators (EGs) for energy harvesting have been extensively
studied because they can obtain electrical energy from ambient vibrations. EGs exhibit a …

MEMS post-processed self-assembled electret for vibratory energy harvesters

D Yamane, H Kayaguchi, K Kawashima, H Ishii… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Electret-based microelectromechanical system (MEMS) vibratory energy harvesting is a key
technology for converting the mechanical energy of environmental vibrations into electricity …

Ultra-low frequency eccentric pendulum-based electromagnetic vibrational energy harvester

M Li, H Deng, Y Zhang, K Li, S Huang, X Liu - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the development of low-power technology in electronic devices, the wireless sensor
network shows great potential in applications in health tracing and ocean monitoring. These …

Power enhancement of MEMS vibrational electrostatic energy harvester by stray capacitance reduction

H Honma, Y Tohyama, H Mitsuya… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report a design method to enhance the output power of vibrational
microelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrostatic energy harvesters by reducing the …