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 …

A review of acoustic power transfer for bio-medical implants

H Basaeri, DB Christensen… - Smart Materials and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Bio-implantable devices have been used to perform therapeutic functions such as drug
delivery or diagnostic monitoring of physiological parameters. Proper operation of these …

An experimentally validated bimorph cantilever model for piezoelectric energy harvesting from base excitations

A Erturk, DJ Inman - Smart materials and structures, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Piezoelectric transduction has received great attention for vibration-to-electric energy
conversion over the last five years. A typical piezoelectric energy harvester is a unimorph or …

A distributed parameter electromechanical model for cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters

A Erturk, DJ Inman - 2008 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Cantilevered beams with piezoceramic layers have been frequently used as piezoelectric
vibration energy harvesters in the past five years. The literature includes several single …

Issues in mathematical modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesters

A Erturk, DJ Inman - Smart Materials and Structures, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The idea of vibration-to-electric energy conversion for powering small electronic
components by using the ambient vibration energy has been investigated by researchers …

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 …

An electromechanical finite element model for piezoelectric energy harvester plates

CDM Junior, A Erturk, DJ Inman - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2009 - Elsevier
Vibration-based energy harvesting has been investigated by several researchers over the
last decade. The goal in this research field is to power small electronic components by …

Group III nitride and SiC based MEMS and NEMS: materials properties, technology and applications

V Cimalla, J Pezoldt, O Ambacher - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
With the increasing requirements for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) regarding
stability, miniaturization and integration, novel materials such as wide band gap …

Experimental and theoretical studies on MEMS piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesters with mass loading

R Andosca, TG McDonald, V Genova… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2012 - Elsevier
Experimental and theoretical investigations on micro-scale multi-morph cantilever
piezoelectric vibrational energy harvesters (PZEHs) of the MicroElectroMechanical Systems …

Electromechanical modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesters

A Erturk - 2009 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Vibration-based energy harvesting has been investigated by several researchers over the
last decade. The ultimate goal in this research field is to power small electronic components …