Mechanical intelligent energy harvesting: from methodology to applications

LC Zhao, HX Zou, KX Wei, SX Zhou… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) connects everything with intelligence,
while the increase in energy consumption generated by numerous electronic devices puts …

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 …

Self-powered and self-sensing devices based on human motion

Z Lai, J Xu, CR Bowen, S Zhou - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
The emergence of human-motion-based energy harvesters is a reflection of the need to
develop future energy supplies for small-scale human-motion-based self-powered and self …

A comprehensive review on piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: Materials, mechanisms, and applications

H Liu, J Zhong, C Lee, SW Lee, L Lin - Applied physics reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The last decade has witnessed significant advances in energy harvesting technologies as a
possible alternative to provide a continuous power supply for small, low-power devices in …

[HTML][HTML] A review on vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting from the aspect of compliant mechanisms

H Liang, G Hao, OZ Olszewski - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) promote the construction of a smarter world through
powering electric devices with energy scavenged from environmental vibrations by means of …

Experimental investigation on performance improvement of cantilever piezoelectric energy harvesters via escapement mechanism from extremely Low-Frequency …

Q Zhang, Z Liu, X Jiang, Y Peng, C Zhu, Z Li - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we first design a frequency tuning device that enables the piezoelectric
cantilever to operate under extremely low-frequency (below 2 Hz) excitations. Our design is …

A review of the recent research on vibration energy harvesting via bistable systems

RL Harne, KW Wang - Smart materials and structures, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The investigation of the conversion of vibrational energy into electrical power has become a
major field of research. In recent years, bistable energy harvesting devices have attracted …

Recent progress in the energy harvesting technology—from self-powered sensors to self-sustained IoT, and new applications

L Liu, X Guo, W Liu, C Lee - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the fast development of energy harvesting technology, micro-nano or scale-up energy
harvesters have been proposed to allow sensors or internet of things (IoT) applications with …

Investigation of an ultra-low frequency piezoelectric energy harvester with high frequency up-conversion factor caused by internal resonance mechanism

Y Wu, S Li, K Fan, H Ji, J Qiu - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
The collection of ultra-low frequency mechanical energy that distributed in ambient
environments remains challenging so far. This paper presents a frequency up-converting …

An inertial rotary energy harvester for vibrations at ultra-low frequency with high energy conversion efficiency

A Luo, Y Zhang, X Dai, Y Wang, W Xu, Y Lu, M Wang… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we have designed, characterized, and optimized an inertial-based rotational
vibration energy harvester device which can effectively harvest energy from vibrations at …