There is an ever-growing demand for measuring respiratory variables during a variety of
applications, including monitoring in clinical and occupational settings, and during sporting …

This review covers energy harvesting technologies associated with pyroelectric materials
and systems. Such materials have the potential to generate electrical power from thermal …

The rapid development of smart electronics has enabled their applications into such fields
as portable instruments, wearable electronic devices, implantable medical devices and even …

Among the various forms of natural energies, heat is the most prevalent and least harvested
energy. Scavenging and detecting stray thermal energy for conversion into electrical energy …

The harvesting of waste heat is attracting increasing attention, due to its abundance and
potential benefits to the environment. However, the need for high heat transfer rates in …

This paper is concerned with direct energy conversion of waste heat into electrical energy by
performing the Olsen cycle on lead nickel niobate zirconate titanate (PNNZT) pyroelectric …

Increasing the temperature variation rate is a useful method for enhancing the response of
pyroelectric devices. A three-dimensional ZnO film was fabricated by the aerosol deposition …

Large amounts of low-grade heat are emitted by various industries and exhausted into the
environment. This heat energy can be used as a free source for pyroelectric power …

In the present work, three junctions were fabricated on textile fabric as an alternative
substrate for harvesting piezoelectric potential. First junction was formed on ordinary textile …

Pyroelectric harvesters convert time-dependent temperature variations into electric current.
The appropriate geometry of the pyroelectric cells, coupled with the optimal period of …