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 …

High-performance piezoelectric energy harvesters and their applications

Z Yang, S Zhou, J Zu, D Inman - Joule, 2018 - cell.com
Energy harvesting holds great potential to achieve long-lifespan self-powered operations of
wireless sensor networks, wearable devices, and medical implants, and thus has attracted …

Ultrahigh energy harvesting properties in temperature-insensitive eco-friendly high-performance KNN-based textured ceramics

J Lin, Y Cao, K Zhu, F Yan, C Shi, H Bai, G Ge… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanical energy-driven wireless charging technology has recently gained increasing
attention. In this work, high-performance potassium sodium niobate (KNN)-based textured …

[HTML][HTML] Energy harvesting from low frequency applications using piezoelectric materials

H Li, C Tian, ZD Deng - Applied physics reviews, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In an effort to eliminate the replacement of the batteries of electronic devices that are difficult
or impractical to service once deployed, harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations or …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting: State-of-the-art and challenges

A Toprak, O Tigli - Applied Physics Reviews, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Piezoelectric energy harvesting has attracted wide attention from researchers especially in
the last decade due to its advantages such as high power density, architectural simplicity …

Investigation of multimodal electret-based MEMS energy harvester with impact-induced nonlinearity

K Tao, L Tang, J Wu, SW Lye… - Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an electret-based MEMS energy harvester synergizing the advantages
of multi-modal structure and impact mechanism for broad operating bandwidth. The device …

Progress in micro/nano sensors and nanoenergy for future AIoT-based smart home applications

A Haroun, X Le, S Gao, B Dong, T He, Z Zhang… - Nano …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-sustainable sensing systems composed of micro/nano sensors and nano-energy
harvesters contribute significantly to developing the internet of things (IoT) systems. As one …

Optimizing orientation of piezoelectric cantilever beam for harvesting energy from human walking

I Izadgoshasb, YY Lim, N Lake, L Tang… - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Harvesting energy from human body motion for powering small scale electronic devices is
attracting research interest in recent years. Piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) capable of …

A hybrid nonlinear vibration energy harvester

W Yang, S Towfighian - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2017 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesting converts mechanical energy from ambient sources to electricity
to power remote sensors. Compared to linear resonators that have poor performance away …

Vibration energy harvester with double frequency-up conversion mechanism for self-powered sensing system in smart city

A Luo, W Xu, J Sun, K Xi, S Tang, X Guo, C Lee… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper has proposed a vibration energy harvester (VEH) with double frequency-up
conversion (FUC) mechanism which can be applied to harvest energy from vibrations at …