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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in piezoelectric wearable energy harvesting based on human motion: Materials, design, and applications

A Ali, S Iqbal, X Chen - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
This review reports recent breakthroughs in piezoelectric wearable energy harvesting
technology, specifically focusing on their harnessing biomechanical energy from all over the …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

Characterization of human body-based thermal and vibration energy harvesting for wearable devices

M Wahbah, M Alhawari, B Mohammad… - IEEE Journal on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy harvesting is an important enabling technology necessary to unleash the next shift in
mm-scale and μW power computing devices, especially for wireless sensor nodes. Energy …

Human body heat-driven thermoelectric generators as a sustainable power supply for wearable electronic devices: Recent advances, challenges, and future …

Z Tabaie, A Omidvar - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Thermoelectric generators are devices that directly convert heat flux or the temperature
difference between two hot and cold surfaces into electricity. With the advancement of the …

Flexible lead‐free piezoelectric composite materials for energy harvesting applications

VL Stuber, DB Deutz, J Bennett, D Cannel… - Energy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vibrational piezoelectric energy harvesters are being investigated to replace batteries in
embedded sensor systems. The energy density that can be harvested depends on the figure …

[HTML][HTML] Design of a low cost, double triangle, piezoelectric sensor for respiratory monitoring applications

A Panahi, A Hassanzadeh, A Moulavi - Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel piezoelectric sensor is presented for patient's breath monitoring
applications. Breath rate monitoring is important especially for the new coronavirus patients …

Wideband energy harvesting based on mixed connection of piezoelectric oscillators

PH Wu, YJ Chen, BY Li, YC Shu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
An approach for wideband energy harvesting together with power enhancement is proposed
by integrating multiple piezoelectric oscillators with mixed parallel-series connection. This …

[HTML][HTML] Human exhaled air energy harvesting with specific reference to PVDF film

MR Mhetre, HK Abhyankar - Engineering Science and Technology, an …, 2017 - Elsevier
Spirometer is a medical equipment used to measure lung capacity of a human being. It
leads to diagnosis of several diseases. The researchers worked on harvesting energy from …

Review on energy harvesting techniques for wearable devices in wireless body area networks

CR Prasad, PR Rao, Y Srikanth… - AIP conference …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, energy harvesting from human body movement has drawn extensive studies into
the potential to substitute traditional batteries with smart electronics. This paper reports …