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 …

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 …

Investigation of multimodal electret-based MEMS energy harvester with impact-induced nonlinearity

K Tao, L Tang, J Wu, SW Lye… - Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an electret-based MEMS energy harvester synergizing the advantages
of multi-modal structure and impact mechanism for broad operating bandwidth. The device …

Review of MEMS electromagnetic vibration energy harvester

Y Tan, Y Dong, X Wang - Journal of Microelectromechanical …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper mainly introduces the research progress of MEMS electromagnetic vibration
energy harvester, hoping to provide valuable guidance and reference for researchers in …

A nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvester with magnetic oscillator

L Tang, Y Yang - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
This letter proposes a magnetic coupled piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH), in which the
magnetic interaction is introduced by a magnetic oscillator. For comparison purpose, lumped …

A review on energy harvesting approaches for renewable energies from ambient vibrations and acoustic waves using piezoelectricity

R Ahmed, F Mir, S Banerjee - Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The principal objective of this article is to categorically review and compare the state of the
art vibration based energy harvesting approaches. To evaluate the contemporary …

A novel two-degrees-of-freedom piezoelectric energy harvester

H Wu, L Tang, Y Yang, CK Soh - Journal of Intelligent …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Energy harvesting from ambient vibrations using piezoelectric effect is a promising
alternative solution for powering small electronics such as wireless sensors. A conventional …

Piezoelectric ZnO thin films for 2DOF MEMS vibrational energy harvesting

K Tao, H Yi, L Tang, J Wu, P Wang, N Wang… - Surface and Coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an environmental-friendly semiconducting, piezoelectric and non-
ferroelectric material, and plays an essential role for applications in microelectromechanical …

Nonlinear dynamics of a compact and multistable mechanical energy harvester

LG Costa, MA Savi - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of smart materials as transducers in mechanical energy harvesting systems has
gained significant attention in recent years. Despite the numerous proposed solutions in the …

Development of a broadband nonlinear two-degree-of-freedom piezoelectric energy harvester

H Wu, L Tang, Y Yang, CK Soh - Journal of Intelligent …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Vibration energy harvesting using piezoelectric material has received great research interest
in the recent years. One important concern for the development of piezoelectric energy …