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 …

Ambient vibration energy harvesters: A review on nonlinear techniques for performance enhancement

N Tran, MH Ghayesh, M Arjomandi - International Journal of Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesters are emerging as a promising solution for powering small-scale
electronics, such as sensors and monitoring devices, especially in applications where …

Review on engineering structural designs for efficient piezoelectric energy harvesting to obtain high power output

N Wu, B Bao, Q Wang - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, with more electrical devices developed and applied in wide fields, efficient
electrical energy generation is always one of the front-end and practical topics in …

Energy harvesting research: the road from single source to multisource

Y Bai, H Jantunen, J Juuti - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Energy harvesting technology may be considered an ultimate solution to replace batteries
and provide a long‐term power supply for wireless sensor networks. Looking back into its …

A review of piezoelectric energy harvesting based on vibration

HS Kim, JH Kim, J Kim - International journal of precision engineering and …, 2011 - Springer
This paper reviews energy harvesting technology from mechanical vibration. Recent
advances on ultralow power portable electronic devices and wireless sensor network …

Research and applications of viscoelastic vibration damping materials: A review

XQ Zhou, DY Yu, XY Shao, SQ Zhang, S Wang - Composite Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the various research methods and theory
calculation models that are employed in engineering to study the static and dynamic …

A review on performance enhancement techniques for ambient vibration energy harvesters

T Yildirim, MH Ghayesh, W Li, G Alici - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to increased demands for energy and the current limitations of batteries, a future
prospective technology are vibration energy harvesters that convert kinetic vibration energy …

Modeling and experimental investigation of a novel bistable two-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic energy harvester

N Yu, H Ma, C Wu, G Yu, B Yan - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The working bandwidth is an attractive aspect of vibrational energy harvesters. This paper
investigates the energy harvesting enhancement of a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) …

Optimum design and performance evaluation of the tuned inerter-negative-stiffness damper for seismic protection of single-degree-of-freedom structures

H Wang, H Gao, J Li, Z Wang, Y Ni, R Liang - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Both the inerter and negative stiffness (NS) elements can improve the control efficacy of
structural control systems. To utilize dual benefits of the inerter and NS, this study developed …

Energy harvesting from fluid flow using piezoelectrics: A critical review

M Hamlehdar, A Kasaeian, MR Safaei - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The ambient energy as an available and harvestable energy source which has a high
potential to generate electricity for powering electronics devices. Piezoelectric materials, as …