Biomechanical energy harvesting for wearable and mobile devices: State-of-the-art and future directions

M Liu, F Qian, J Mi, L Zuo - Applied Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

[HTML][HTML] Wearable biomechanical energy harvesting technologies

YM Choi, MG Lee, Y Jeon - Energies, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting has been attracting attention as a technology that is capable of replacing
or supplementing a battery with the development of various mobile electronics. In …

A wearable textile-based pneumatic energy harvesting system for assistive robotics

RA Shveda, A Rajappan, TF Yap, Z Liu, MD Bell… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Wearable assistive, rehabilitative, and augmentative devices currently require bulky power
supplies, often making these tools more of a burden than an asset. This work introduces a …

A nonresonant and frequency up-conversion motion converter for footstep energy harvesting

Q Pan, S Bai, Z Long, Y Zheng, Y Wang… - IEEE/ASME …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Insufficient power output and poor wearability present significant challenges to the real-
world implementation of existing footwear energy harvesters. Herein, we propose a leaf …

Design of a human lower limbs exoskeleton for biomechanical energy harvesting and assist walking

X Zhou, G Liu, B Han, L Wu, H Li - Energy Technology, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Powered exoskeletons are used to assist walking, but carrying a huge power supply system
will bring inconvenience to humans. Passive exoskeletons lack control and accurate energy …

Smart instant charging of power banks

N Sunanda, SH Raju, SF Waris… - IOP Conference Series …, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Nowadays, charging portable devices like mobile devices through power banks is very
common and is required. In this paper, the drawbacks of existing power banks are discussed …

Collecting the energy generated by manual workers to monitor their working status and improve their working conditions by using a flexible rack mechanism

L Ren, Y Zhou, Y He, S Li, X Sun, L Fan… - Smart Materials and …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Currently, an increasing quantity of portable energy harvesting modules are being
developed to capture the energy generated by human motion. However, the size and weight …

[HTML][HTML] A paper-based microfluidic fuel cell using soft drinks as a renewable energy source

J Hernandez Rivera, D Ortega Diaz, DM Amaya Cruz… - Energies, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The research aims were to construct an air-breathing paper-based microfluidic fuel cell
(paper-based μ FC) and to evaluated it with different soft drinks to provide energy for their …

Different kinds of energy harvesters from human activities

X Zhou, G Liu, B Han, X Liu - International Journal of Energy …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human has abundant energy and can achieve energy from different human daily activities
with energy harvesters. It can provide power for the wearable electronic devices, and the …

Backpack with a nonlinear suspension system designed for low walking speeds

MH Fasihi Harandi, A Loghmani, S Attarilar - Archive of Applied …, 2023‏ - Springer
The most common injuries caused by carrying a backpack used by different strata of society
are caused by the dynamic force applied to the body by the backpack. The application of …