The last decade has witnessed significant advances in energy harvesting technologies as a
possible alternative to provide a continuous power supply for small, low-power devices in …

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

The last two decades have witnessed several advances in microfabrication technologies
and electronics, leading to the development of small, low-power devices for wireless …

When a piezoelectric energy harvester is connected to a simple load circuit, the damping
force which the piezoelectric element is able to generate is often below the optimal value to …

In this paper, a new S-shaped piezoelectric PZT cantilever is microfabricated for scavenging
vibration energy at low frequencies (< 30 Hz) and low accelerations (< 0.4 g). The maximum …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting techniques provide a promising way to transform the
vibration energy into electric energy. Since the voltage output peak can drop due to the …

In this article, a broadband magnet-induced dual-cantilever piezoelectric energy harvester is
designed and developed. The dual-cantilever structure consists of an outer and an inner …

In this paper, a low-frequency rotational piezoelectric energy harvester is proposed to
operate out of resonance with the incorporation of a flexible stop. A numerical scheme is …

In micro scale energy harvesting devices, end-stops that limit the proof mass motion are
inevitable from reliability concerns and can even be exploited as a functional element to …

This paper reports on efficient interfacing of typical vibration-driven electromagnetic
transducers for micro energy harvesting. For this reason, an adaptive charge pump for …