Energy harvesting has gained a growing attention and has seen great advancements during
the last decades. Among energy sources, mechanical energy is one of the most investigated …

Vibration energy harvesters are emerging as a promising solution for powering small-scale
electronics, such as sensors and monitoring devices, especially in applications where …

Due to increased demands for energy and the current limitations of batteries, a future
prospective technology are vibration energy harvesters that convert kinetic vibration energy …

This paper describes a piezoelectric energy harvester employing a snap-through buckling
(STB) mechanism for frequency-up conversion (FuC). The harvester consists of two main …

A piezoelectric converter for energy harvesting composed of a rigid ball enclosed among six
piezoelectric diaphragms arranged in a cube-shaped structure is presented. When the …

This paper proposes design and analysis of electromagnetic energy harvester using MEMS
technology. The energy harvester is intended to harvest energy from low frequency ambient …

This work presents a novel development of the impact-based mechanism for piezoelectric
vibration energy harvesters. More precisely, the effect of an impacting mass on a cantilever …

A low frequency wideband response cantilever nano generator (NG) was designed for
energy harvesting from ambient vibration in natural environment. The textured ZnO …

Energy harvesting from wideband and random vibrations demands for techniques and
solutions to overcome limitations of linear converters, which best operate when the …

To improve the ability of piezoelectric energy collection (PEH) devices to convert multi-
directional energy sources, a body hair-inspired multi-directional broadband piezoelectric …