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 …

Harvesting Inertial Energy and Powering Wearable Devices: A Review

H Zhang, Q Shen, P Zheng, H Wang, R Zou… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Amidst the swift progression of microelectronics and Internet of Things technology, wearable
devices are gradually gaining ground in the domains of human health monitoring. Recently …

A Review of Nonlinear Mechanisms for Frequency Up-Conversion in Energy Harvesting

M Rosso, R Ardito - Actuators, 2023 - mdpi.com
Vibration-based energy harvesting has garnered considerable attention from researchers
over the past two decades, using different transduction mechanisms. In this context, the …

Overview of human kinetic energy harvesting and application

L Wang, Z Fei, Y Qi, C Zhang, L Zhao… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the Internet of Things era, wearable electronics and sensors have become essential for
health monitoring and human computer interaction. However, a continuous power supply is …

A wearable energy harvester unit using piezoelectric–electromagnetic hybrid technique

R Hamid, MR Yuce - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2017 - Elsevier
Wearable sensor electronics require a sustainable electrical power supply to operate.
Energy harvesting techniques can be used to convert available nonelectrical energy …

Micro windmill piezoelectric energy harvester based on vortex-induced vibration in tunnel

X Du, M Zhang, H Chang, Y Wang, H Yu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A micro windmill piezoelectric energy harvester is proposed to explore the wind energy
translation based on vortex-induced vibration (VIV). The novel power takeoff is composed of …

Wearable ball-impact piezoelectric multi-converters for low-frequency energy harvesting from human motion

A Nastro, N Pienazza, M Baù, P Aceti, M Rouvala… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multi-converter piezoelectric harvesters based on mono-axial and bi-axial configurations are
proposed. The harvesters exploit two and four piezoelectric converters (PCs) and adopt an …

Fabrication and evaluation of energy harvesting floor using piezoelectric frequency up-converting mechanism

P Panthongsy, D Isarakorn, P Janphuang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the fabrication and evaluation of an energy harvesting floor tile using
unimorph PZT piezoelectric cantilevers to convert kinetic energy from human footsteps into …

Modeling and experimental investigation of an AA-sized electromagnetic generator for harvesting energy from human motion

X Zhao, J Cai, Y Guo, C Li, J Wang… - Smart Materials and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Human body mechanical motion is considered as an ideal energy resource for portable or
wearable devices. This paper presents an AA-sized electromagnetic energy harvester to …

Electromechanical behavior of a pendulum-based piezoelectric frequency up-converting energy harvester

R Ramezanpour, H Nahvi, S Ziaei-Rad - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study, the possibility to extract more vibrational energy by utilizing a high
number of magnets on the proof mass of a piezoelectric frequency up-converting energy …