Enhancing the performance of Piezoelectric Energy Harvester under electrostatic actuation using a robust metaheuristic algorithm

B Firouzi, A Abbasi, P Sendur, M Zamanian… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel shape optimization methodology based on evolutionary
algorithms to maximize the harvesting energy from piezoelectric energy harvester stimulated …

Modeling and power performance improvement of a piezoelectric energy harvester for low-frequency vibration environments

D Cao, Y Gao, W Hu - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2019 - Springer
A novel oscillator structure consisting of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam with two
steps of different thicknesses is proposed to improve the energy harvesting performance of a …

Enhancement of vibration based piezoelectric energy harvester using hybrid optimization techniques

P Mangaiyarkarasi, P Lakshmi, V Sasrika - Microsystem Technologies, 2019 - Springer
MEMS unimorph piezoelectric vibration energy harvester is designed and optimized based
on Hybrid Optimization techniques [genetic algorithm (GA), bat algorithm (BA), grey wolf …

Nonlinear analysis of unimorph piezoelectric nanobeam with a variable cross-section and flexoelectric effect

Y Yue, Z Tan, J Liu, J Duan - European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
An analytical method is presented to investigate the nonlinear electromechanical coupling
response of an unimorph piezoelectric nanobeam with a variable cross-section, taking into …

Simple piezoelectric based mems energy harvester design and simulation

GD Ram, T Aravind, SP Kumar… - 2022 International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In unmanned areas and smart system, the electronics devices are facing power issues as
the batteries don't have capability to power FOR prolong period of time. Considering this …

Design and Fabrication of PVDF Based Flexible Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester

J Arunguvai, P Lakshmi, V Thulasi - Integrated Ferroelectrics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, a novel petal-shaped substrate with a trapezoidal active layer Flexible Energy
Harvester (FEH) is modeled using an analytical equation. The trapezoidal shape …

Design of piezoelectric energy harvesting structures using ceramic and polymer materials

P Mangaiyarkarasi, P Lakshmi, V Sasrika - Journal of Mechanical Science …, 2021 - Springer
Piezoelectric sensors are designed in this work to power implantable medical devices
(IMDs). A prosthetic hand is used as the IMD in this study. E, Π, and T piezoelectric …

Grey wolf optimization based flexible piezoelectric energy harvester for hearing aid applications

P Mangaiyarkarasi, P Lakshmi… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of the MEMS Bimorph Piezoelectric energy harvester is improved and
optimized, based on Grey Wolf optimization (GWO), for medical applications. In the …

Power enhancement of MEMS based piezoelectric energy harvester for bio-fuel cells

V Sasrika, P Lakshmi… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
MEMS based Piezoelectric Energy harvester is designed for bio-medical applications. The
wasted vibration energy in the environment is harvested and converted into electrical energy …

Effect of various shapes of single proof mass and multiple proof masses on piezoelectric energy harvester for powering mobile phone devices

P Mangaiyarkarasi, P Lakshmi - Ferroelectrics, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, Type I and II Piezoelectric structures are analyzed with the effect of the single
and multiple shapes of proof masses (two proof mass and three proof mass). Eight different …