On-body piezoelectric energy harvesters through innovative designs and conformable structures

SV Fernandez, F Cai, S Chen, E Suh… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent advancements in wearable technology have improved lifestyle and medical
practices, enabling personalized care ranging from fitness tracking, to real-time health …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on nanogenerators and piezotronics

P Basset, SP Beeby, C Bowen, ZJ Chew, A Delbani… - APL materials, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …

Variable reluctance bearing generators applicable in condition monitoring of bearing cages

Y Miao, S Gao, Y Kong, Z Jiang, Q Han… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a variable reluctance bearing generator (VRBG) based on a ribbon-
shaped soft ferromagnetic cage, that is used in the condition monitoring of bearing cages. A …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and validation of equivalent properties of macro fibre composites for piezoelectric transducer modelling

Y Kuang, M Zhu - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric transducers based on macro fibre composites (MFCs) are widely used for
energy harvesting, actuation and sensing because of the high conformability, reliability and …

Simultaneous wireless strain sensing and energy harvesting from multiple piezo-patches for structural health monitoring applications

H Xia, Y Xia, Y Ye, L Qian, G Shi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel approach called simultaneous wireless strain sensing and
energy harvesting from multiple piezo-patches, which is intended for self-powered structural …

A bidirectional energy conversion circuit toward multifunctional piezoelectric energy harvesting and vibration excitation purposes

B Zhao, J Wang, WH Liao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Piezoelectric transducers provide a bidirectional channel for converting energy from
mechanical form to electrical or in the opposite direction. Various applications were …

Alternating resistive impedance matching for an impact-type microwind piezoelectric energy harvester

N Chen, T Wei, DS Ha, HJ Jung… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes alternating resistive impedance matching for an impact-type microwind
piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH). The proposed PEH is composed of a piezoelectric …

Adaptive self-configurable rectifier for extended operating range of piezoelectric energy harvesting

ZJ Chew, M Zhu - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an adaptive self-configurable rectifier to increase the range of vibration
excitation that a piezoelectric energy harvesting power management circuit (PMC) can …

Prebent membrane-based disk-type triboelectric nanogenerator applied to fault diagnosis in rotating machinery

Q Han, Z Jiang, Y Kong, F Chu - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A prebent membrane-based triboelectric nanogenerator (PM-TENG) was proposed to
harvest rotational energy; its application in diagnosing faults in rotating machinery was then …

A Switched-Mode Self-Sensing Solution for Piezoelectric Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction

L Gao, L Teng, M Fu, H Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH), utilizing the synchronized switch interface circuit
can significantly enhance the energy harvesting capability. Vibration sensing is necessary …