Biomechanical energy harvesting for wearable and mobile devices: State-of-the-art and future directions

M Liu, F Qian, J Mi, L Zuo - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Wearable and mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable medical
devices, etc., have become an important part of our daily life. Most of these devices are …

A comprehensive review on the output voltage/power of wearable thermoelectric generators concerning their geometry and thermoelectric materials

Z Soleimani, S Zoras, B Ceranic, Y Cui, S Shahzad - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Wearable thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are considered as a promising power supply for
low power wearable electronics. To obtain high thermoelectric (TE) generation, the focus …

A self‐powered and self‐sensing lower‐limb system for smart healthcare

L Kong, Z Fang, T Zhang, Z Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the age of the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT), wearable devices have been
extensively developed for smart healthcare. This paper proposes a self‐powered and self …

Removing energy with an exoskeleton reduces the metabolic cost of walking

M Shepertycky, S Burton, A Dickson, YF Liu, Q Li - Science, 2021 - science.org
Evolutionary pressures have led humans to walk in a highly efficient manner that conserves
energy, making it difficult for exoskeletons to reduce the metabolic cost of walking. Despite …

A high-performance mini-generator with average power of 2 W for human motion energy harvesting and wearable electronics applications

J Hou, S Qian, X Hou, J Zhang, H Wu, Y Guo… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainability of power supply for mobile electronic devices is a problem that needs to
be solved urgently. The energy from human motion is an optimal solution for this problem …

Recent advances in human motion excited energy harvesting systems for wearables

M Cai, Z Yang, J Cao, WH Liao - Energy Technology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of wearable electronics and sensors is constrained by the limited capacity
of their batteries. Therefore, energy harvesting from human motion is explored to provide a …

Cooperative compliant traction mechanism for human-friendly biomechanical energy harvesting

H Zou, M Li, L Zhao, X Liao, Q Gao, G Yan, R Du… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a human-friendly biomechanical energy harvester (HF-BEH) utilizing
cooperative compliant traction mechanism is proposed. The knee joint is used to drive the …

Advancing personalized healthcare and entertainment: Progress in energy harvesting materials and techniques of self-powered wearable devices

P Bhatnagar, SH Zaferani, N Rafiefard… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of self-powered wearable devices has revolutionized health and wellness
monitoring by effortlessly integrating it into daily life. This article explores the recent …

Recent Progress in Application‐Oriented Self‐Powered Microelectronics

L Qi, L Kong, Y Wang, J Song, A Azam… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoTs), numerous distributed wide‐area
low‐power electronic devices have been utilized in various fields, such as wireless …

Scavenging power from ultra-low frequency and large amplitude vibration source through a new non-resonant electromagnetic energy harvester

Y Shen, K Lu - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new non-resonant, free motion based electromagnetic energy harvester is
proposed for harvesting energy from low-frequency vibration sources. In this design, steel …