A review of energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials: state-of-the-art a decade later (2008–2018)

M Safaei, HA Sodano, SR Anton - Smart materials and structures, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

Mechanical modulations for enhancing energy harvesting: Principles, methods and applications

HX Zou, LC Zhao, QH Gao, L Zuo, FR Liu, T Tan… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanical kinetic energy harvesting, which converts the mechanical motions and
vibrations that are commonly available in the surrounding environment to electrical energy …

Improved energy harvesting from low-frequency small vibrations through a monostable piezoelectric energy harvester

K Fan, Q Tan, H Liu, Y Zhang, M Cai - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scavenging energy from low-frequency and low-level excitations has always been a huge
challenge for the piezoelectric energy harvesting since the frequencies of ambient …

Enhanced vibration energy harvesting using dual-mass systems

X Tang, L Zuo - Journal of sound and vibration, 2011 - Elsevier
A type of dual-mass vibration energy harvester, where two masses are connected in series
with the energy transducer and spring, is proposed and analyzed in this paper. The dual …

Internal resonance with commensurability induced by an auxiliary oscillator for broadband energy harvesting

L Xiong, L Tang, BR Mace - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
An internal resonance based broadband vibration energy harvester is proposed by
introducing an auxiliary oscillator to the main nonlinear harvesting oscillator. Compared to …

Internal resonance for nonlinear vibration energy harvesting

DX Cao, S Leadenham, A Erturk - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2015 - Springer
The transformation of waste vibration energy into low-power electricity has been heavily
researched over the last decade to enable self-sustained wireless electronic components …

An efficient vibration energy harvester with a multi-mode dynamic magnifier

W Zhou, GR Penamalli, L Zuo - Smart Materials and Structures, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel piezoelectric energy harvester with a multi-mode dynamic magnifier, which is
capable of significantly increasing the bandwidth and the energy harvested from the ambient …

A review of rotary piezoelectric energy harvesters

L Liu, L He, Y Han, X Zheng, B Sun, G Cheng - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the great potential of rotary piezoelectric energy harvesters in environmental
monitoring and energy harvesting, a great deal of research has been conducted by scholars …

Parametric excitation analysis for system performance of piezoelectric energy harvesters

G Xia, X Kang, CW Lim, Y Liu, D Chen, L Tang… - Applied Mathematical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Capitalizing on the advantages of parametric excitation and real-life low frequency vibration,
the steady-state response of piezoelectric energy harvesting system composing of a …

Enhanced low-frequency vibration energy harvesting with inertial amplifiers

S Adhikari, A Banerjee - Journal of Intelligent Material …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters have demonstrated the potential for sustainable
energy generation from diverse ambient sources in the context of low-powered micro-scale …