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 …

Mechanical modulations for enhancing energy harvesting: Principles, methods and applications

HX Zou, LC Zhao, QH Gao, L Zuo, FR Liu, T Tan… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanical kinetic energy harvesting, which converts the mechanical motions and
vibrations that are commonly available in the surrounding environment to electrical energy …

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 …

A review of human-powered energy harvesting for smart electronics: recent progress and challenges

S Khalid, I Raouf, A Khan, N Kim, HS Kim - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Recently, energy harvesting from human motion has attracted substantial research into its
ability to replace conventional batteries for smart electronics. Human motion exhibits …

A review on heat and mechanical energy harvesting from human–Principles, prototypes and perspectives

M Zhou, MSH Al-Furjan, J Zou, W Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapid development of smart electronics has enabled their applications into such fields
as portable instruments, wearable electronic devices, implantable medical devices and even …

Review of nonlinear vibration energy harvesting: Duffing, bistability, parametric, stochastic and others

Y Jia - Journal of intelligent material systems and structures, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Vibration energy harvesting typically involves a mechanical oscillatory mechanism to
accumulate ambient kinetic energy, prior to the conversion to electrical energy through a …

A piezoelectric frequency up-converting energy harvester with rotating proof mass for human body applications

P Pillatsch, EM Yeatman, AS Holmes - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2014 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting from human motion faces the challenges of low frequency and random
excitation. One strategy that has been successful in the past is frequency up-conversion …

Scavenging energy from ultra-low frequency mechanical excitations through a bi-directional hybrid energy harvester

K Fan, S Liu, H Liu, Y Zhu, W Wang, D Zhang - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A bi-directional hybrid energy harvester (HEH) is presented in this paper to scavenge
energy from ultra-low frequency mechanical excitations. The proposed HEH consists of two …

Energy harvesting from human motion: exploiting swing and shock excitations

K Ylli, D Hoffmann, A Willmann, P Becker… - Smart Materials and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern compact and low power sensors and systems are leading towards increasingly
integrated wearable systems. One key bottleneck of this technology is the power supply. The …

Capturing energy from ultra-low frequency vibrations and human motion through a monostable electromagnetic energy harvester

K Fan, M Cai, H Liu, Y Zhang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In the energy-harvesting field, one of the key issues is how to realize efficient energy
extraction from ultra-low frequency excitation sources. To offer a solution to this issue, this …