Intelligent buildings play a fundamental role in achieving efficient energy management in the
building sector in many countries worldwide. Improving energy consumption within a …

The ambient energy as an available and harvestable energy source which has a high
potential to generate electricity for powering electronics devices. Piezoelectric materials, as …

Wireless sensor networks have become integral to enabling numerous applications for the
Internet of Things, such as environmental sensing or healthcare monitoring. Powering these …

As the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) technology has great advancement, small and
smart WSN systems now can be used for more complicated and challenging applications …

The internet of things (IoT) is a distributed heterogeneous network of lightweight nodes with
very minimal power and storage. The IoT energy system for smart applications such as smart …

We propose a snap-through triboelectric nanogenerator with magnetic coupling and buckled
bistable mechanism to harvest rotational energy (ST-RTENG). The buckled bistable beam …

In this paper, a pervasive monitoring system to be deployed in underground environments is
presented. The system has been specifically designed for the so-called “Bottini”, ie, the …

This paper presents energy-efficient solutions for wireless sensor systems intended for the
monitoring of water quality at water stations. Energy problems, such as energy scarcity and …

This paper presents a novel wind/solar energy-harvesting device based on the inverted flag
concept that combines flexible piezoelectric strips with flexible photovoltaic cells to …

Piezoelectric harvesters are capable of generating energy out of ambient vibrations.
Dedicated interface circuits can significantly increase the harvesting capabilities compared …