Review on engineering structural designs for efficient piezoelectric energy harvesting to obtain high power output

N Wu, B Bao, Q Wang - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, with more electrical devices developed and applied in wide fields, efficient
electrical energy generation is always one of the front-end and practical topics in …

On the efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesters

Z Yang, A Erturk, J Zu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting is an essential technology for enabling low-power, maintenance-free
electronic devices, and thus has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. A variety …

Ocean wave energy harvesting with a piezoelectric coupled buoy structure

N Wu, Q Wang, XD Xie - Applied Ocean Research, 2015 - Elsevier
An expedient piezoelectric coupled buoy energy harvester from ocean waves is developed.
The harvester is made of several piezoelectric coupled cantilevers attached to a floating …

Energy harvesting from transverse ocean waves by a piezoelectric plate

XD Xie, Q Wang, N Wu - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
An ocean wave energy harvester from the transverse wave motion of water particles is
developed by the piezoelectric effects. The harvester is made of two horizontal cantilever …

A distributed-parameter electromechanical coupling model for a segmented arc-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester

W Zhou, B Wang, CW Lim, Z Yang - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advances in energy harvesting techniques, along with low-power electronic devices open
up the possibility of developing self-powered engineering systems. Most existing energy …

Potential of a piezoelectric energy harvester from sea waves

XD Xie, Q Wang, N Wu - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2014 - Elsevier
A sea wave energy harvester from the longitudinal wave motion of water particles is
developed. The harvester consisting of a cantilever substrate attached by piezoelectric …

Energy harvesting from high-rise buildings by a piezoelectric coupled cantilever with a proof mass

XD Xie, N Wu, KV Yuen, Q Wang - International Journal of Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
An optimal design of a piezoelectric coupled cantilever structure attached by a proof mass
subjected to harmonic motions is developed to achieve efficient energy harvesting for …

A mathematical model for piezoelectric ring energy harvesting technology from vehicle tires

X Xie, Q Wang - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
A theoretical model for a dual-mass piezoelectric ring tire harvester is developed by an
iteration method to determine the energy harvested from excitations of vehicle tires by rough …

Wind energy harvesting with a piezoelectric harvester

N Wu, Q Wang, X Xie - Smart Materials and Structures, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
An energy harvester comprising a cantilever attached to piezoelectric patches and a proof
mass is developed for wind energy harvesting, from a cross wind-induced vibration of the …

[PDF][PDF] A review of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting techniques

H Xiao, X Wang - Int. Rev. Mech. Eng, 2014 - researchgate.net
In this paper, recent published techniques for vibration energy harvesting with piezoelectric
materials have been summarized. The various techniques described are classified in terms …