A multimodal E-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester with a built-in bistability and internal resonance

Z Xie, L Liu, W Huang, R Shu, S Ge, Y Xin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundant and renewable vibration energy has been regarded as an alternative power
source for the massive sensors of the Internet of Things, but the broadband and efficient …

Recent advancements in piezoelectric energy harvesting for implantable medical devices

B Upendra, B Panigrahi, K Singh… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Biomedical implantable devices like deep brain stimulators, implantable cardioverter-
defibrillators and cardiac pacemakers are essential for treating the human heart and brain …

Iot sensor challenges for geothermal energy installations monitoring: a survey

M Prauzek, T Kucova, J Konecny, M Adamikova… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Geothermal energy installations are becoming increasingly common in new city
developments and renovations. With a broad range of technological applications and …

A new type of time-varying terminal load energy harvester: Design, simulation, and experiments

M Cong, W Dong, Y Gao, Y Long, W Wang, H Dong - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
To achieve stable power output under low-intensity, broadband, time-varying vibrations, this
paper proposes a Variable Stiffness Magnetic Oscillation (VSMO) energy harvester. The …

Magnetic-linkage nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvester with time-varying potential wells: Theoretical and experimental investigations

X Mei, H Nan, R Dong, R Zhou, J Jin, F Sun… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting has emerged as a prospective solution for powering wireless sensors on
the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the limited energy conversion efficiency remains a …

Asymmetry stagger array structure ultra-wideband vibration harvester integrating magnetically coupled nonlinear effects

M Cong, Y Gao, W Wang, L He, X Mao, Y Long… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional energy harvesters often have limitations in terms of bandwidth and power output,
resulting in poor performance. This study reports a multi-strategy ultra-wideband energy …

[HTML][HTML] Energy generation from friction-induced vibration of a piezoelectric beam

Y Xiao, N Wu, Q Wang - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The primary challenge in harnessing vibration energy with piezoelectric materials is the
discrepancy in frequency between the energy source and the energy generator, which …

Magnetic coupling and amplitude truncation based bistable energy harvester

L Zhao, G Hu, S Zhou, Y Peng, S Xie, Z Li - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
We present a two-degree-of-freedom bistable piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH)
combining both magnetic coupling and amplitude truncation mechanisms to improve the …

Improved energy harvesting by enhanced nonlinearities: New phenomena and experimental demonstration

Y Yu, F Li - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigates a nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesting system that enhances
conversion of mechanical energy to electrical energy by integrating piezoelectric materials …

A novel bird-shape broadband piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibrations

H Yu, X Zhang, X Shan, L Hu, X Zhang, C Hou, T Xie - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents a novel bird-shaped broadband piezoelectric energy harvester based on
a two-DOF crossed beam for low-frequency environmental vibrations. The harvester features …