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 …

Recent progress and development of interface integrated circuits for piezoelectric energy harvesting

D Li, C Wang, X Cui, D Chen, C Fei, Y Yang - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Harvesting energy from the environment has become a very promising technology:
particularly vibration energy harvesting has been widely investigated. Owing to its wide …

A goblet-like non-linear electromagnetic generator for planar multi-directional vibration energy harvesting

Y Gu, W Liu, C Zhao, P Wang - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel electromagnetic energy harvester for in-plane multi-directional vibrations is
developed by letting a magnetic ball move on a two-dimensional surface which is generated …

Performance comparison of electromagnetic energy harvesters based on magnet arrays of alternating polarity and configuration

Z Li, Z Yan, J Luo, Z Yang - Energy conversion and management, 2019 - Elsevier
Electromagnetic energy harvesters have been studied intensively in the past decade as non-
stop power solutions for low-power wireless electronic devices. We here exploit a new way …

A broadband compressive-mode vibration energy harvester enhanced by magnetic force intervention approach

HX Zou, WM Zhang, WB Li, KM Hu, KX Wei… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This letter presents a magnetic force intervention approach to enhance the performance of a
broadband compressive-mode vibration energy harvester. The magnetic force intervention …

Design, analysis and experimental study of a T-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester with internal resonance

Z Xie, T Wang, CAK Kwuimy, Y Shao… - Smart Materials and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a T-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester (TPEH) is proposed by taking
advantages of internal resonance and multimodal techniques. The developed TPEH is …

A comprehensive analysis and modeling of the self-powered synchronous switching harvesting circuit with electronic breakers

W Liu, A Badel, F Formosa, Q Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Self-powered realization for synchronous switching circuits is a hot spot for piezoelectric
vibration energy harvesting. As a well-known approach, the electronic breaker is widely …

[HTML][HTML] Design and analysis of an extended simply supported beam piezoelectric energy harvester

WJ Su, CH Tseng - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The harvesting efficiency of a cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester is limited by its
uneven strain distribution. Moreover, a cantilevered harvester requires a large workspace …

Boosting the efficiency of a footstep piezoelectric-stack energy harvester using the synchronized switch technology

H Liu, R Hua, Y Lu, Y Wang… - Journal of intelligent …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, the self-supported power conditioning circuits are studied for a footstep energy
harvester, which consists of a monolithic multilayer piezoelectric stack with a force …

Bandwidth increasing mechanism by introducing a curve fixture to the cantilever generator

W Liu, C Liu, B Ren, Q Zhu, G Hu, W Yang - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
A nonlinear wideband generator architecture by clamping the cantilever beam generator
with a curve fixture is proposed. Devices with different nonlinear stiffness can be obtained by …