Far-field wireless power harvesting: Nonlinear modeling, rectenna design, and emerging applications

X Gu, S Hemour, K Wu - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuous advances in ultralow-power electronics are a fundamental driving force of
developing far-field wireless power harvesting techniques, which generally harnesses …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics

P Basset, SP Beeby, C Bowen, ZJ Chew, A Delbani… - APL materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …

Power management circuit for wireless sensor nodes powered by energy harvesting: On the synergy of harvester and load

ZJ Chew, T Ruan, M Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an adaptive power management circuit, which maximizes the energy
transfer from the energy harvester to wireless sensor nodes in real-world applications. Low …

Simultaneous wireless strain sensing and energy harvesting from multiple piezo-patches for structural health monitoring applications

H Xia, Y Xia, Y Ye, L Qian, G Shi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel approach called simultaneous wireless strain sensing and
energy harvesting from multiple piezo-patches, which is intended for self-powered structural …

Adaptive self-configurable rectifier for extended operating range of piezoelectric energy harvesting

ZJ Chew, M Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an adaptive self-configurable rectifier to increase the range of vibration
excitation that a piezoelectric energy harvesting power management circuit (PMC) can …

A Switched-Mode Self-Sensing Solution for Piezoelectric Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction

L Gao, L Teng, M Fu, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH), utilizing the synchronized switch interface circuit
can significantly enhance the energy harvesting capability. Vibration sensing is necessary …

A novel sensor for vibration frequency measurement with piezoelectric kinetic energy harvesting

S Zhao, H Fu, K Ma, J Ma - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, converting the kinetic energy into electrical energy by tracking the vibration
frequency automatically, a vibration sensor with energy harvesting capability for the real …

Self-powered and self-configurable active rectifier using low voltage controller for wide output range energy harvesters

ZJ Chew, Y Kuang, M Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a self-configurable and self-poweredactive rectifier that operates from
0.25–20 V for energy harvesting applications. The proposed circuit self-startups from a low …

[HTML][HTML] Pendulum energy harvester with torsion spring mechanical energy storage regulator

J Graves, Y Kuang, M Zhu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents the integration of a novel mechanical torsion spring regulator into a
pendulum energy harvester system. This regulator was designed to provide the same …

Energy savvy network joining strategies for energy harvesting powered TSCH nodes

ZJ Chew, T Ruan, M Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents methods that enable batteryless energy harvesting powered time-
synchronized channel hopping (TSCH) wireless sensor nodes to join a network with less …