Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) are attractive for developing
next generation self-powered microsystems. PiezoMEMS promises to eliminate the costly …

In an effort to eliminate the replacement of the batteries of electronic devices that are difficult
or impractical to service once deployed, harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations or …

Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have been proven to be an attractive
technology for harvesting small magnitudes of energy from ambient vibrations. This …

Small and micro-scale energy harvesting is an essential and viable option for the powering
of portable and maintenance free electronic devices, wireless sensor nodes, and similar …

The electrical model with the piezoelectric constitutive equations of d15 mode and the single
degree of freedom model are combined to describe the energy harvesting performance of …

This paper presents modeling and parameter identification of the Duhem model to describe
the hysteresis in the Piezoelectric actuated nano-stage. First, the parameter identification …

Vibration energy harvesters based on the resonance of the beam structure work effectively
only when the operating frequency window of the beam resonance matches with the …

As an alternative to traditional cantilever beam structures and their evolutions, a flexible
beam based, interdigital structure, vibration energy harvester has been presented and …

A d 15 mode piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) with two PZT-51 elements in series
connection (SC), in which the elements are arranged along the width direction, was …

To merge the gap between the low-power output of piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs)
and the high-power demand of sensors of Internet of Things, researchers recently start to …