Wearable devices are drawing increasing attention in both academia and industry in that
they can offer unprecedented information related to human health in real-time and human …

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) powered by conventional batteries are
disadvantaged in terms of scope of application and environmental friendliness because their …

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on a hot topic in the literature, ie, vibration
based energy harvesting techniques, including theory, modelling methods and the …

Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) promote the construction of a smarter world through
powering electric devices with energy scavenged from environmental vibrations by means of …

Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) are attractive for developing
next generation self-powered microsystems. PiezoMEMS promises to eliminate the costly …

From last few decades, piezoelectric materials have played a vital role as a mechanism of
energy harvesting, as they have the tendency to absorb energy from the environment and …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting has attracted wide attention from researchers especially in
the last decade due to its advantages such as high power density, architectural simplicity …

Aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films are widely investigated due to their unique physical
properties and applications in energy harvesting devices, ultrasonic transducers …

The area of micro power generation has developed significantly over the last two decades in
the field of microelectromechanical systems, self-powered wireless sensor nodes, and …

The simplicity associated with the piezoelectric micro-generators makes it very attractive for
MEMS applications, especially for remote systems. In this paper we reviewed the work …