Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) are attractive for developing
next generation self-powered microsystems. PiezoMEMS promises to eliminate the costly …

The dramatic reduction in power consumption of current integrated circuits has evoked great
research interests in harvesting ambient energy, such as vibrations, as a potential power …

This review presents possible strategies to increase the operational frequency range of
vibration-based micro-generators. Most vibration-based micro-generators are spring-mass …

This letter proposes a magnetic coupled piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH), in which the
magnetic interaction is introduced by a magnetic oscillator. For comparison purpose, lumped …

Piezoelectric energy harvesters typically exhibit sharp peak in output power around
resonance frequency (small bandwidth), which presents complexity in harvesting ambient …

The recent proliferation of microscale devices has raised the issue of energy harvesting for
replacing batteries that present maintenance and recycling problems. Particularly …

A piezoelectric energy converter is presented, whose resonance frequency can be tuned by
applying mechanical stress to its structure. The converter consists of a piezo-polymer …

Vibration-based micro-generators, as an alternative source of energy, have become
increasingly significant in the last decade. This paper presents a new tunable …

Design, modeling, simulation, and vibration testing related to electromagnetic energy
harvesters are investigated in this paper. A rail-borne electromagnetic energy harvester with …

Small and micro-scale energy harvesting is an essential and viable option for the powering
of portable and maintenance free electronic devices, wireless sensor nodes, and similar …