Promoting smart cities into the 5G era with multi-field Internet of Things (IoT) applications powered with advanced mechanical energy harvesters

L Liu, X Guo, C Lee - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Along with the arrival of the 5G era, sustainable and renewable energy supplies have
become urgent demands towards plentifully distributed devices utilized for constructing …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting solutions: A review

C Covaci, A Gontean - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The goal of this paper is to review current methods of energy harvesting, while focusing on
piezoelectric energy harvesting. The piezoelectric energy harvesting technique is based on …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical modeling of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs)

J Shao, M Willatzen, ZL Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), using Maxwell's displacement current as the driving
force, can effectively convert mechanical energy into electricity. In this work, an extensive …

Multi-physics coupling in thermoacoustic devices: A review

G Chen, L Tang, B Mace, Z Yu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latest developments in thermoacoustic devices have demonstrated comparable power
output and efficiency, but higher reliability and lower cost when compared to conventional …

Hybrid triboelectric-electromagnetic nanogenerators for mechanical energy harvesting: A review

JV Vidal, V Slabov, AL Kholkin, MPS Dos Santos - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Motion-driven electromagnetic-triboelectric energy generators (E-TENGs) hold a great
potential to provide higher voltages, higher currents and wider operating bandwidths than …

A critical analysis of research potential, challenges, and future directives in industrial wireless sensor networks

M Raza, N Aslam, H Le-Minh, S Hussain… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs) have emerged as an important
research theme with applications spanning a wide range of industries including automation …

A review on heat and mechanical energy harvesting from human–Principles, prototypes and perspectives

M Zhou, MSH Al-Furjan, J Zou, W Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapid development of smart electronics has enabled their applications into such fields
as portable instruments, wearable electronic devices, implantable medical devices and even …

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 …

State-of-the-art in vibration-based electrostatic energy harvesting

FU Khan, MU Qadir - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, embedded systems and wireless sensor nodes have been gaining importance.
For operating these devices several vibration-based energy harvesters have been …

The art of designing remote iot devices—technologies and strategies for a long battery life

G Callebaut, G Leenders, J Van Mulders, G Ottoy… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Long-range wireless connectivity technologies for sensors and actuators open the door for a
variety of new Internet of Things (IoT) applications. These technologies can be deployed to …