Development trends and perspectives of future sensors and MEMS/NEMS

J Zhu, X Liu, Q Shi, T He, Z Sun, X Guo, W Liu… - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the fast development of the fifth-generation cellular network technology (5G), the future
sensors and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)/nanoelectromechanical systems …

A review of human-powered energy harvesting for smart electronics: recent progress and challenges

S Khalid, I Raouf, A Khan, N Kim, HS Kim - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Recently, energy harvesting from human motion has attracted substantial research into its
ability to replace conventional batteries for smart electronics. Human motion exhibits …

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 …

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 …

A comprehensive study of non-linear air damping and “pull-in” effects on the electrostatic energy harvesters

X Guo, Y Zhang, K Fan, C Lee, F Wang - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new comprehensive model is presented to optimize the design of vibration
based electrostatic energy harvester working in standard atmosphere. This model considers …

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 …

Bionic flutter wing piezoelectric-electromagnetic composite energy harvesting system

F Bo, F Jiwen, Z Jiuchun, L Chong, W Jia… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bionic structure has great potential in the field of energy harvesting. Inspired by the
fluttering structure of dipteran insects, this paper proposes a novel bionic multi-domain …

Review on innovative piezoelectric materials for mechanical energy harvesting

G Clementi, F Cottone, A Di Michele, L Gammaitoni… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The huge number of electronic devices called the Internet of Things requires miniaturized,
autonomous and ecologically sustainable power sources. A viable way to power these …

Modeling and experimental study of a piezoelectric energy harvester from vortex shedding-induced vibration

Y Hu, B Yang, X Chen, X Wang, J Liu - Energy conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) from fluid energy sources, particularly vortex
shedding–induced vibrations, have received considerable attention in recent years …

Wearable energy harvesters generating electricity from low-frequency human limb movement

K Li, Q He, J Wang, Z Zhou, X Li - Microsystems & nanoengineering, 2018 - nature.com
A wearable energy harvester technology is developed for generating electricity from the
movement of human joints. A micro-electroplated ferromagnetic nickel cantilever is …