Ambient vibration energy harvesters: A review on nonlinear techniques for performance enhancement

N Tran, MH Ghayesh, M Arjomandi - International Journal of Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesters are emerging as a promising solution for powering small-scale
electronics, such as sensors and monitoring devices, especially in applications where …

A review on mechanisms for piezoelectric-based energy harvesters

H Elahi, M Eugeni, P Gaudenzi - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
From last few decades, piezoelectric materials have played a vital role as a mechanism of
energy harvesting, as they have the tendency to absorb energy from the environment and …

High-performance cycloid inspired wearable electromagnetic energy harvester for scavenging human motion energy

P Maharjan, T Bhatta, MS Rasel, M Salauddin… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Eco-friendly and wearable power sources are in high demand because of the hasty growth
in smart wearable electronic devices including health care monitoring sensors. Here, we …

High power density spring-assisted nonlinear electromagnetic vibration energy harvester for low base-accelerations

G Aldawood, HT Nguyen, H Bardaweel - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This work explores an enhanced magnetic spring based energy harvester design that uses
a dual-mass and a geometrically nonlinear mechanical planar spring as a route to …

Multi-directional and ultra-low frequency energy harvester utilizing tunable buckled piezoelectric film

K Lu, R Hu, X Wang, Z Deng - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultra-low frequency vibrations pose a particular challenge for vibration energy harvesters
(VEH) due to their large wavelengths and low energy levels. Meanwhile, to enhance the …

Nonlinear magnetic force and dynamic characteristics of a tri-stable piezoelectric energy harvester

G Wang, WH Liao, Z Zhao, J Tan, S Cui, H Wu… - Nonlinear …, 2019 - Springer
In piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) with external magnetic coupling, one main
challenge is to obtain a precise magnetic force model to calculate the impacts of the external …

A nonlinear multi-stable piezomagnetoelastic harvester array for low-intensity, low-frequency, and broadband vibrations

SK Lai, C Wang, LH Zhang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2019 - Elsevier
A compact nonlinear multi-stable piezomagnetoelastic energy harvester array (MPEHA) is
presented in this paper to scavenge energy from low-amplitude (< 3 m/s 2) and low …

A bistable vibration energy harvester with spherical moving magnets: Theoretical modeling and experimental validation

D Tu, Y Zhang, L Zhu, H Fu, Y Qin, M Liu… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, battery-free self-powered sensing has attracted much attention. However,
effective energy harvesting over wide frequency bandwidth is still a great challenge. This …

Efficient broadband vibration energy harvesting based on tuned non-linearity and energy localization

K Aouali, N Kacem, N Bouhaddi… - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this letter, non-linearity and energy localization are experimentally tuned in an
electromagnetic vibration energy harvester in order to enhance its output performances. The …

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvesters under simultaneous parametric and external excitations

F Fang, G Xia, J Wang - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2018 - Springer
The nonlinear dynamics of cantilevered piezoelectric beams is investigated under
simultaneous parametric and external excitations. The beam is composed of a substrate and …