Energy harvesting technologies have been explored by researchers for more than two
decades as an alternative to conventional power sources (eg batteries) for small-sized and …

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

Motion-driven electromagnetic energy harvesters have the ability to provide low-cost and
customizable electric powering. They are a well-suited technological solution to …

Metamaterials and phononic crystals (PCs) with artificially designed periodic microstructures
have attracted increasing research interests due to their unique properties that cannot be …

Energy harvesting is the most effective way to respond to the energy shortage and to
produce sustainable power sources from the surrounding environment. The energy …

This paper presents a new inertial power generator for scavenging low-frequency
nonperiodic vibrations called the Parametric Frequency-Increased Generator (PFIG). The …

This paper discusses the development and testing of a renewable energy source for
powering wireless sensors used to monitor the structural health of bridges. Traditional power …

This paper presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel bistable piezoelectric
energy harvester dedicated to vibration energy harvesting in the direction of gravity. Its …

Harnessing ambient vibration energy using piezoelectric materials is a promising alternative
solution to batteries to inexhaustibly power small-scale mobile devices. This paper presents …

For the first time, the power output of an electromagnetic magnetic levitation vibration energy
harvester was studied when placed on 10 human participants while walking and running on …