[HTML][HTML] A review on piezoelectric energy harvesting: materials, methods, and circuits

S Priya, HC Song, Y Zhou, R Varghese… - Energy harvesting and …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) are attractive for developing
next generation self-powered microsystems. PiezoMEMS promises to eliminate the costly …

AlN piezoelectric thin films for energy harvesting and acoustic devices

C Fei, X Liu, B Zhu, D Li, X Yang, Y Yang, Q Zhou - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films are widely investigated due to their unique physical
properties and applications in energy harvesting devices, ultrasonic transducers …

A nanopower synchronous charge extractor IC for low-voltage piezoelectric energy harvesting with residual charge inversion

M Dini, A Romani, M Filippi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a power converter for piezoelectric energy harvesting implementing a
modified version of a synchronous electrical charge extraction with quiescent current as low …

Design and performance of ScAlN/AlN trapezoidal cantilever-based MEMS piezoelectric energy harvesters

Y Liu, B Hu, Y Cai, J Zhou, W Liu… - … on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we report a method to enlarge the trapezoidal cantilever-based harvester power
by using the high-performance Sc 0.2 Al 0.8 N/aluminum nitride (AlN) composite film and …

A study on the acoustic energy harvesting with Helmholtz resonator and piezoelectric cantilevers

S Noh, H Lee, B Choi - International Journal of Precision Engineering and …, 2013 - Springer
Some kinds of thermofluid instruments are using Helmholtz resonators for absorbing noises
radiated from them. Since the resonance frequency of a Helmholtz resonator depends on …

Design, fabrication and reliability study of piezoelectric ZnO based structure for development of MEMS acoustic sensor

A Kumar, M Prasad, V Janyani, RP Yadav - Microsystem Technologies, 2019 - Springer
This paper reports a piezoelectric zinc oxide (ZnO) based acoustic sensor for high sound
pressure level (SPL) with wide bandwidth for audio and aeroacoustic applications. The …

Optimization of thick photoresist for uniform thickness in RF MEMS applications

A Bajpai, K Rangra, D Bansal - Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based devices comprise suspended
structures. A sacrificial layer is required to realize these structures. Usually, metal and …

Fabrication, simulation and characterisation of MEMS piezoelectric vibration energy harvester for low frequency

A Sharma, OZ Olszewski, J Torres, A Mathewson… - Procedia …, 2015 - Elsevier
A MEMS vibration energy harvester using an Aluminium Nitride (AlN) piezoelectric layer was
designed, fabricated and characterized. The harvester was fabricated on an SOI wafer with a …

Improving voltage output with PZT beam array for MEMS-based vibration energy harvester: theory and experiment

Z Wen, L Deng, X Zhao, Z Shang, C Yuan… - Microsystem …, 2015 - Springer
Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters as an autonomous power source for various types
of sensors, actuators and MEMS devices have attracted increasing attention in recent years …

The fabrication of vibration energy harvester arrays based on AlN piezoelectric film

Z Shang, D Li, Z Wen, X Zhao - Journal of Semiconductors, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The fabrication and measurement results of the vibration energy harvester arrays based on
the piezoelectric aluminum nitride (AlN) film are presented. The structure design and …