Progress of conjugated polymers as emerging thermoelectric materials

S Wang, G Zuo, J Kim, H Sirringhaus - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Thanks to the combined efforts of scientists in several research fields, the preceding decade
has witnessed considerable progress in the use of conjugated polymers as emerging …

RF power harvesting: a review on designing methodologies and applications

LG Tran, HK Cha, WT Park - Micro and Nano Systems Letters, 2017 - Springer
Wireless power transmission was conceptualized nearly a century ago. Certain
achievements made to date have made power harvesting a reality, capable of providing …

Using global existing fiber networks for environmental sensing

E Ip, F Ravet, H Martins, MF Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review recent advances in distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) and their applications.
The scattering mechanisms in glass, which are exploited for reflectometry-based DFOS, are …

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 …

Power sources for the internet of things

A Raj, D Steingart - Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Wireless sensor networks have become integral to enabling numerous applications for the
Internet of Things, such as environmental sensing or healthcare monitoring. Powering these …

Mass tuning technique for a broadband piezoelectric energy harvester array

SA Kouritem, MA Al-Moghazy, M Noori… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Converting the wasted ambient vibration to electric power, using a piezoelectric energy
harvester, is a promising strategy for powering a sensor network for medical and industrial …

Ultra-low resonant piezoelectric MEMS energy harvester with high power density

HC Song, P Kumar, D Maurya, MG Kang… - Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a microscale vibration energy harvester exhibiting an ultra-low resonance
frequency and high power density. A spiral shaped microelectromechanical system (MEMS) …

Energy harvesters for wearable electronics and biomedical devices

MN Hasan, S Sahlan, K Osman… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Energy harvesters (EHs) are widely used to transform ambient energy sources into electrical
energy, and have tremendous potential to power wearables electronics and biomedical …

Automatic resonance tuning mechanism for ultra-wide bandwidth mechanical energy harvesting

YH Shin, J Choi, SJ Kim, S Kim, D Maurya, TH Sung… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric energy harvesters typically exhibit sharp peak in output power around
resonance frequency (small bandwidth), which presents complexity in harvesting ambient …

Microscopic sensors using optical wireless integrated circuits

AJ Cortese, CL Smart, T Wang, MF Reynolds… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
We present a platform for parallel production of standalone, untethered electronic sensors
that are truly microscopic, ie, smaller than the resolution of the naked eye. This platform …